We had a week off in the middle of shooting, but as soon as everyone stopped, we all went down with six different types of flu and other unmentionable diseases.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Class still matters in Britain today.

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

I am a big fan of smelly cheeses but the rest of the family don't seem to be particularly keen on them.

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

I love the way my weight fluctuates in the newspapers. It was 18 stone and then people look at a bad picture of me and add a few more stone on. I think the highest was 22 stone.