Spending way too long worrying about what people think about me is a bad habit.

I never used to see anything on TV where the man was in the weaker position. It was always the female showing emotion, breaking down, being emotionally torn apart by men.

There are lots of actors, and you need a way to stand out. Writing comedy sketches was a way of doing that.

I think that's important to women in comedy, that we get a lot of the good lines and you're not just the girlfriend or the sister.

I think that there's an idea in 2016 that if a woman doesn't have it all then she's lacking in some way, and I think that 'having it all' is the kid, the relationship and the career, and that seems horribly skewed. I get genuinely excited when I meet women - or men - who don't want to have children. It's refreshing and unusual and means they're not swayed by what society has told them, they're just listening to their own basic instincts. I love meeting people who are fulfilled by other things. I think, 'lucky old you' when I meet someone single.

Any big televised event that starts at the crack of dawn is worth getting up for. I've done it all my life: big boxing matches, royal weddings, even TV-A.M.'s inaugural episode was enjoyed in pyjamas in my house.

Comedians... they're different from actors. There's more ego there. They create the whole thing, I guess, so they're more precious.