On my first day in New York a guy asked me if I knew where Central Park was. When I told him I didn't, he said: Do you mind if I mug you here?

I'll never forget my first experience of swede. It was at school and I thought I was getting mashed potato. I've never got over it.

All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds.

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it.

I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties.

When I used to do the Edinburgh Festival, there was a bunch of guys selling fresh oysters and I'd eat ten daily - marvellous.