I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.

I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV.

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

What was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?

Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?