I Used To Do Stuff At College.

The Fundamentalists Are Insistent That They Know Best. It's A Dictatorial Attitude Towards Personal Morality, Which Is A Modern Creation That Came About In The 19th Century.

As Soon As I See Period Costume, I Turn Off. It's Like Hearing Drama On Radio 4.

I Always Find It Easier To Portray Myself As Being Unlikeable And Idiotic; To Actually Play A Character That Is Likeable And Engages The Audience Is Far More Difficult. It's A More Subtle Kind Of Challenge.

I Think You Need To Have The Guts To Not Use Comedy. Often, The People That Work In Comedy Use A Joke To Avoid Contemplation.

I Never Had Any Desire To Be Famous. I Find People Who Do Really Sad. I Genuinely Feel Sorry For Them Because There Is Nothing Of Substancein Their Lives. I Am Happy When I Am Writing Or Performing. Not When I Sit There Being "famous". I Like Recognition For My Work, But Not Recognition For Being "that Bloke Off The Telly". It Is Genuinely Humbling When A Woman Comes Up To Me, As Someone Did Recently, To Say She Wanted To Commit Suicide After Her Husband Died, And My Show Cheered Her Up And Made Her Feel Better. That's Great.