I've frequently been asked over the years who Lily Savage was based on and I've always answered that it was no one in particular and she was just a f….

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken..

I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hu….

If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya..

I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working..

I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show..

Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?.

I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won'….

Times are hard and friends are few.

I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals..

Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood..

I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable..

What was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?.

I like a Blackpool breakfast, me - 20 ciggies and a pot of tea..

Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous..

My primary school teacher once poured a bottle of curdled school milk forcefully down my throat. Then I threw it up all over her suede shoes. I'd rat….

I dont live with people, thats why my relationships last. Im not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand Id….

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone..

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula..

I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV..