Writing a book about yourself is like therapy, and you go 'Oh My God, that's the reason that happened.' Writing about it, you're forced to really examine things.

Class still matters in Britain today.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.