I avoid any kind of organised trips as that's one of my bugbears.

For the greater good, I thought I should be a spiritual leader for people for some reason.

Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up.

Comedy's so subjective, and if someone comes to watch, doesn't get it, doesn't find it funny, then fine.

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 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!'

I believe that Britain is becoming more class-conscious, and I quake at the very idea of Old Etonians ruling the world again.