I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour..

All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds..

When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them..

Have you ever had sex with a horse?.

In fact, I don't watch a lot of contemporary comedy for fear of being influenced by it..

I was trying to organise my DVDs into a sort of chronological order, and I am afraid that it all trailed off after the Sixties..

I really don't take any interest at all in contemporary comedy..

In 1987, I was in Edinburgh doing my first one-man show. I took part in a kickabout with some fellow comedians and tripped over my trousers and heard….

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place..

If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating..