Class still matters in Britain today.

If an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it.

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

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.

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

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.

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.