I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.

All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

You know I've got a chum, a smashing mate, he's got a dog with no legs, and he calls it a cigarette. It's true, yeah, because at nighttime he has to take it out for a drag.

My only phobia is untidiness. My hair has to be neatly kept; my shoes are always clean. Everything has to be in a straight line, in its place.

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry