It's too difficult to start right from scratch and try and be funny out of the blue.

I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

I could take an umbrella and balance it on my chin or on my foot. And I just got interested in that kind of thing. And as I played games more and more and got stronger physically, I just became more coordinated.

When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.

The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.