TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.

Scotland is the best place in the whole world.

When I was bald, I went through a period where I seemed to do nothing except TV programmes about being bald.

My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.

I probably wouldn’t be doing comedy, if it wasn’t for the fact that I was doing stand-up and getting a few gigs, while I was also applying for law internships and getting absolutely nothing."

Gremlins' is essential '80s comedy scary viewing.

I lasted seven years as a journalist, and I've been doing comedy for twenty years.

I'm neurotic by nature, but I'm wary of becoming more of a play than a comic - you don't want people coming to see a man having a breakdown for two hours. I'd prefer them coming to hear my astute and witty observations.