Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other..

In many ways, not fitting in has been a comedic asset and a comedic resource..

I was on various anti-depressants, but not for long - I didn't function very well on them. I felt sort of flattened out..

Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well..

I think it is more a cautiousness that protects me from enthusiasm about things. I tend not to get excited. People perceive it as a scowl, which is f….

People who are pro smacking children say, 'It's the only language they understand.' You could apply that to tourists..

Whenever you're in any acting role you are mortgaging your own character..

In my local newspaper, they had this advert: 'please look after your neighbours in the cold weather'. I live next door to this 84-year-old woman, and….

The jokes are great but what really matters for a comedian is his performance, his whole attitude, and the laughs that he gets between the jokes rath….

Make lots of money. Enjoy the work. Operate within the law. Choose any two of three.

I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers..

I love mixing with comedians when I'm working with them, but when I'm not I don't feel the need to hang around with them..

One of my friends went on a murder weekend, now he is doing life for it..

I don't like men who blow-dry their hair. If you are a man and you blow-dry your hair, then I don't like you and that's all there is to it..

If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me..

I tend not to trust people who live in very tidy houses. I know that on the surface there is nothing wrong with a person being well-ordered and disci….

But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I think it's importan….

The film industry is like Anne Robinsonalways on the look-out for a new face.

The rain forest has Sting. Now Siberia has Jack Dee. Someone had to draw the short straw. In this case it was the rain forest..

Well, I don't ever get excited. I haven't been excited since I got a Chopper bicycle when I was about 12. Once you get older you realise there's alwa….

I had a longing for ritual, something I could cling to, a routine to make me feel well and contented. I hoped that reading Bible commentaries and the….