Baldness is visually enough of a stigma as it is without a big sweaty bloke on stage pointing it out.

I came back from university thinking I knew all about politics and racism, not knowing my dad had been one of the youngest-serving Labour councillors in the town and had refused to work in South Africa years ago because of the situation there. And he's never mentioned it - you just find out. That's a real man to me. A sleeping lion.

It can be tough as a jobbing actor.

I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.

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.

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

You can sway an audience if you win the women over. The gentlemen will follow 'cause they can be so foolish like that at times, they are easily led.