A biography for Les Dennishasn’t been written yet.
“As a young comedian playing the working men's clubs in the 70s, I'd been in awe of Dustin Gee.”
“I love coming to Edinburgh and last time I was here, Claire and I found out we were expecting our daughter Eleanor, so it's a place dear to my heart.”
“My whole break-up with Amanda Holden was in the papers for three years and my dogs were photographed being taken for walks more than any in Britain. They're two Cairn terriers. I don't have them now, though, she has them.”
“If I'd been doing the cabaret circuit or the club circuit or the Saturday night telly that was around in the 80s, I wouldn't be around any more, because those shows have fallen by the wayside. So I have had to keep changing.”
“A lot of the comics called me Bronco because I wouldn't get off - if I had to do an hour, I would stand there, even if it wasn't going well. I knew comics that would climb out of dressing room windows after they'd done their first spot.”
“On the old passports, mine used to say 'entertainer', but now on forms I say 'actor'. But I still worry that people will think I'm a charlatan.”
“I resisted emotional involvement for a while because I didn't believe it could work.”
“Try your best not to let others down, and don't do anything that will lose you sleep at night.”
“I am a very honest, open person and I think there is a tendency in celebrity autobiographies to gloss over certain things which have happened.”
“But the one thing you can say about me is that I'm very resilient. I always bounce back. I'm like a rubber ball.”
“I do sometimes stop and think. I mean, I'm 62 now and I've got a child on my shoulders and he could be my grandson.”
“Extras changed the public's perception of me hugely - they saw there was more to me than just this bloke off the telly.”
“When I power-walk with a couple of mates, it's like a men's club. We talk about what it's like to be, well, men. It works as exercise and therapy.”