On the one hand, we're constantly told about recycling and cutting back, and on the other hand we have to buy the next gadget that comes along three weeks after the last one you bought. It's absolutely insane. We've been suckered into buying and buying and upgrading and upgrading. We're being given two very different mantras at the moment, I think.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

I'm not posh or common, I'm in between.

There is nothing far-fetched about disappointment as a subject for comedy. It's something we are all too familiar with.

My idea of a good night out is staying in.

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?

What makes Shakespeare eternal is his grasp of psychology. He knew how to nail stuff about us as human beings.