Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood.

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

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

Times are hard and friends are few

I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals.