While You're Being Creative, Nothing Is Wrong.

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My Mum Died About Three Years Ago At The Age Of 101, And Just Towards The End, As She Began To Run Out Of Energy, She Did Actually Stop Trying To Tell Me What To Do Most Of The Time.

Writing Is The Great Skill, The Creative Skill. The Acting Is More An Interpretative Skill. And The Thrill For Me Is The Moment When I Think Of Something. And Then The Challenge Is How To Get That Funny Idea To Work In Terms Of The Structure And That Kind Of Thing, Which Is - And That's What I Really Love Doing.

I Think The Hard Thing For Young Comedians Is That The Majority Of The Young People In The Audience Out There Don't Have The Wide Range Of References.

Naturally, People's Image Is Of A Performer, But The Reality Of It Is The Writing For Me Has Always Been The Most Important Thing And The Most Rewarding Thing.