Hugh Dennis

“I was a brand manager for four years and it was good fun.”

“I like to know a tiny bit about almost everything. I do like a pub quiz.”

“I didnt travel properly until the year before university when I went backpacking around the US, circling around from New York up to Boston, then travelling on the Canadian Pacific Railway to Montreal and going down the west coast of America.”

“I dont dream that much, but for a long time I had a recurring dream which wasnt funny at all. I was in a physics exam, and was asked a question by a teacher which I constantly got wrong.”

“As long as youre happy where you are now, you cant really regret anything youve done.”

“I am a cat person, although when I was a child we had a loony cat that was terrifying; if you hadn't fed it, it would chase you round the house.”

“Id always read newspapers for pleasure, then it became my job. These days I will read the news with half a mind on what I can use. It means I get quite a warped sense of whats going on in the world.”

“Ive always done accents and stupid voices. But I went to school in Hampstead, where most of my mates were Jewish, and Jewish North London humour is so clever that I never thought I was funny.”

“Ive become a parody of myself, as Im a big fan of a skinny cappuccino.”

“I always tell myself every disaster is more material for my work and another anecdote to tell.”

“I cut the cord for my son, which was a tremendous pleasure, though Ive never eaten calamari since.”

“Ive been to a lot of unusual places including Peru, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia and up the Mekong.”