I've Been Very Lucky, This Is My

Critics Called Me 'egregious' - I Had To Look That One Up - And 'creepy', But Now I Don't Read Them, I Weigh Them.

Once Journalists Have Been Rifling Through Your Dustbins, You Do Try And Keep Them At Arms' Length.

There Was Never Any Career Plan. When 'red Dwarf' Started I Thought We Were Doing A Curious Little Sitcom On Bbc2, I Didn't Think I Was Becoming An Actor. I Didn't See That 21 Years Later I'd Still Be Talking About It, Let Alone Filming A New One. For Me Everything's Always Been An Accident.

We Were The Only Black Family In An Estate With 1,000 White Families. Liverpool Being Quite Racist In The Sixties, It Was A Bit Grim Growing Up.

I Was Thinking - If We Get A Cell With A Trouser Press, We Can Make Cheese Toasties.