Jenny Eclair

“If I do go to the beach there have to be certain rules: it can't be a pebbly beach, there has to be some shade and there has to be a beach bar. I don't want to go off the beaten track.”

“I'm very bad at having heroes. I don't rate anyone particularly highly because I'm so snide and competitive and not very nice.”

“I am best viewed from a distance... and at night.”

“I might be needy, competitive and desperate but it's far better than being wet.”

“My older sister is bossy, my brother is a stirrer and me - well, I am perfect!”

“Well, I really don't like heights. I don't get on the top deck of a double-decker because that's a bit high for me. I always feel that I'm going to hurl myself off, so heights are a problem.”

“I can't tan naturally.”

“I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.”

“I think as time goes by you'll get female comics who are weirder - you'll get a female Mighty Boosh.”

“I only socialise with people that I have a lot in common with.”

“As a five-year-old in Berlin in 1965, I didn't know that funny women existed. It wasn't until I got back to England that I realised women could be funny.”

“My daughter has always had a strong sense of her own identity. From the day she was born her father and I were in love with and in awe of her and still are.”