My forte is playing drunks down the ages. When my agent rings me about a role, I don't ask what the part is, but what century it's in.

My agent once said, 'You're not very driven.' And it's true. I'm not the type to ring up and go, 'Get me this part!'

My first holiday to San Francisco in 1998-99 was supposed to be a two-week vacation but I ended up staying five weeks and nearly didn't come home.

You can't be a proper comic unless you've been out on stage and felt the fear.

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

I still give myself the right to be highly critical of others, though.

It is easy for me to love myself, but for ladies to do it is another question altogether.