The cheese board is my big treat at Christmas that I have to deny myself during the rest of year.

I struggle as a writer, and I'm convinced that if I was at school now, I'd be termed as having ADS. Two minutes and I'm drifting.

I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.

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.

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!'

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

I think it sort of dawns on you that if you're not gigging constantly you're not actually relevant. You may be relevant to a different part of the media now, to television commissioners and editors, but to a young live-comedy audience you're not, really.