Josh Widdicombe

“Can I do an impression of me? I don't think I can. It would be the most self-confronting thing you could ever do.”

“I don't buy into the phrase 'comedy genius.' It's like football; you can have the talent, but 90 per cent is hard work, the other ten per cent is trying to make it all look as natural as possible.”

“Nothing unites a group more than a common enemy, be it the Soviet Union or Nasty Nick from 'Big Brother.'”

“I don't like thinking too much about the future - it freaks me out.”

“I'm lucky that I don't have any big regrets. Maybe that undercut hairstyle from my youth.”

“Comedy has got me all these opportunities and I enjoy doing a variety of things. I can't really believe I've got the chance to have my own radio show.”

“Always thinking that you're not very good is far better than being cocky.”

“Pointless' - I think it's probably the greatest daytime TV show that has ever existed.”

“I grew up watching 'The Office' and 'Father Ted' and all the British things at that time - 'The Royle Family' - and the American ones like 'Friends,' 'Frasier' and 'The Simpsons.'”

“Most people I was at school with, if they saw me on telly, wouldn't know I'd been at school with them.”

“I'll tell you what 'The Simpsons' is really good at. They'll describe something, you don't see it, and it's funnier when you describe it.”

“Write about what you know, that's what I say.”

“Never have I got on better with my flatmates than when our landlord installed a dodgy deadlock and locked us out of our flat for a full Friday evening.”

“Woody Allen's 'The Complete Prose' - It's just the best selection of comic writing by one author. You know it's good comedy when you get quite demoralised about yourself.”

“When I first went to university, I did a big shop with my dad. We bought loads of stuff but it didn't occur to me that I needed to refrigerate it, so I just put it in my room. I remember thinking, 'What's that smell coming from under the bed?' It was a bag of potatoes. How long does it take for a potato to rot? Months!”

“I realise that I'm a bit of a dabbler but it's nice to do stuff that's different.”

“I'd redo the 90s as they were a lot of fun.”

“I get annoyed a lot with things.”

“I've learnt that from stand-up - you should always worry that it's going to go badly, otherwise you're too laissez faire.”

“Sitcom writing is difficult because it's not just about writing jokes - there's a very fine balance between characters, plot, and comedy, that if you get one thing wrong, the whole castle comes falling down.”