Occupation: Writer Birth: July 9, 1957
It was a bizarre existence I led in my early twenties - that cliche of the comedian who goes out and entertains a roomful of people and then goes hom….
I don't consider myself a fashion victim. I consider fashion a victim of me..
When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them..
If you became a comedian in the '80s, you had to work the circuit and make people laugh. Canned laughter is cheating..
I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian..
I don't always vote in general elections, but I think I've always voted Labour..
I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time….
Am I allowed to call myself working-class now? Because obviously I'm now very rich..
When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won..
I'll never forget my first experience of swede. It was at school and I thought I was getting mashed potato. I've never got over it..