I don't like comedy that I think is bad comedy, where people are trying to be sick for the sake of it, where there's no intellectual point behind it. I like stuff that's got an underlying point of view.

I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are into.

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

I try to not make safe choices, but I also like to do stuff which is interesting and is sort of exciting in some way and accessible.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.