Jack Whitehall

“When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.”

“My dad doesn't hug me enough!”

“I've definitely become smuttier. When I first started out, I had these aspirations: 'I'm not going to do jokes about anything crude because I'm bigger and better than that.' But then, I don't know... It makes me laugh, so I started doing it.”

“I'd like to scale back the television. I'm constantly told that I'm over-exposed, and I don't want to end up like Carol Vorderman.”

“Part of doing stand-up is to get things off your chest. It's a bit like being in a psychiatrist's chair - but more enjoyable.”

“I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.”

“I wish I was a bit shorter, as I think shorter people have better walks. Freddie Fox, the actor, is shorter than me and has an amazing gait; and Tom Cruise has a brilliant run. I'm just gangly.”

“If I could look like anyone, it would be Jamie Redknapp - even up close, he's amazing.”

“When I'm on stage, I'm quite over the top - I'm quite flamboyant and camp.”

“Live stand-up is my thing. I love being on stage and just messing around.”

“I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.”

“For the first six months of my stand-up career, I was talking like Danny Dyer. I was doing a lot of 'alright guvnors?' It wasn't true to who I was.”

“Once you start doing a lot, you don't ever want to stop working. It feels weird if you're not doing something.”

“I eat healthily, as it keeps my energy up.”

“My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.”

“There's a real sense of camaraderie with sitcoms.”

“I like to think I'm a bit smarter than I sometimes let on.”

“Society is so divided in its perception of public school people. Most people who went to public school behave in the right way, but every now and then there will be someone who comes along and ruins it.”

“I never know what defines you as being posh. I went to a posh school, definitely.”

“I want to write a film. I need to think of the right idea and focus on that; I love writing.”