Bob Mortimer

Laughter is the only currency I've really ever known. Ever since I was a boy.

I was just a toddler when my dad died in a car crash. With my mum, Eunice, being a young widow with a large family, she really struggled money-wise.

They asked me to go on 'Hell's Kitchen' but I'm banned from reality TV by my wife. She's not up for that kind of tomfoolery.

I was the youngest of four boys, raised in North Yorkshire.

I am increasingly of the mind that all fat is good.

My doctor told me that I would have had a heart attack on stage.

When we first did 'Big Night Out,' there was no chance of someone doing a little show in a pub then being on telly. There was a little Oxbridge route in and an old-fashioned variety route.

I think 'the Mighty Boosh' are quite good.

You know the thing I liked about fishing when I was 14 was being out with your mates mucking about, throwing bread around, getting a bit wet maybe.

I remember when I worked at the solicitor's - you'd go in, talk to your mates for a bit and then get down to work. With us the talking to your mates part never stops.

You can have a mate for 30 years, it's easy.

I love 'Big Brother.' I adore it. What can I say. It just suits me fine.