I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left

It's a wise thing to hold back.

The public has always had affection for gay entertainers. The time was right for an out gay entertainer.

The whole business of getting famous was good fun, but it was a long time ago.

I thought a dignified thing to do would be to live in the country by the time I'm 50 and write books

Just because someone's dead doesn't mean it's over. My grandfather died more than 25 years ago, but I still think of him a lot and smell his smell.

I think Australians like a bit of vulgarity