I'm a very recent convert to the gay scene. I went to a party a couple of years ago and met a very nice man who took me under his wing and started taking me out to clubs. It was a revelation.

I think this [Gnomeo & Juliet] is the closest I ought to get to Shakespeare to be honest.

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.

It's important to hold something back, though, because quite frankly my personal life is pretty dull and I don't want to bore people with it.

I told Bernie Taupin that his best lyrics were for Song For Guy just because it doesn't have any words in it. But there you go... I'm a wind up! But a good Elton song for karaoke is I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues... "laughing like children, living like lovers, rolling like thunder under the covers..." Everyone can join in!

I am a bit of a daydreamer.

Comedians don't have a monopoly on suffering. But creative people are sometimes fortunate enough to be able to incorporate their most traumatic experiences into their art.