I'll cry anywhere because I can do it quite subtly. Walking, that's a good time to have a cry.

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

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

Things change when you get to 40. I'm embarrassed even that I'm going through it. In a very morbid way, at 40 you become aware of how long you've been on Earth and you start to question what you're going to use the remaining time doing.

No matter how many frustrations come along, or how many problems arise, I never lose the feeling of how lucky I am. I'm so pleased to be doing a job that makes me laugh every day. I'm aware that it's a huge privilege.

I started writing sketches with Dennis Kelly, who I ended up writing 'Pulling' with. We entered a BBC competition and did quite well, then started writing bits for other people's shows. You wheedle your way in, write pilots and eventually you end up writing a sitcom.

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?