I've got too much respect for stand-ups to call myself one.

I think if you're at the point where you're popular enough to sell your wedding photos to OK! Magazine then you don't need the money.

I've always said that with kids' TV that people get stuck in it from drama school but that's not fair because I know myself that when you go in creatively, kids are so much more open to ideas. You're so much freer to mess about and try things.

Had I become a priest, the sermons would've been electric!

Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

I used to be good with kids, but as I get older, I'm grumpy and terrible with them. As for doing a gig at a 6-year old's birthday party, you couldn't pay me enough.