Noel Fielding

“It is scary playing someone you know. You don't want to let him down.”

“I loved being a man-woman. It's much more interesting than being one or the other.”

“I bought two sculptures of two baboons called Lord and Lady Muck on an antique piece of furniture from an art exhibition, and it was quite expensive. It was very expensive, actually - way too expensive.”

“Comedians are ridiculously oversensitive, so, especially with the Internet, you feel everything, like a spider on a web going, 'Oh God, I'm getting stomped'.”

“On my show, nobody's being paid more than me. I don't ask what they're being paid - I just make sure they're not getting more than me.”

“I quite like bacon sandwiches because they're colourful. Mashed potato on toast is fine. But colourful and easy to eat is best.”

“I think the more you party and the more you get drunk, the more your soul starts to evaporate, and eventually, you're just a husk. So you have to go to the gym and build your soul up again.”

“I'll be seen as eccentric, like Vic Reeves or Spike Milligan, which would be amazing. But I suppose I'm in this weird transitional period between having some success doing weird stuff and not being eccentric yet. I'm in limbo.”

“I'd rather do smaller theaters, because it's more fun for the audience and more fun for me. I like to build up demand.”

“I love the Marx Brothers.”

“I've got quite a strong drive, and that can be slightly deplorable. Struggling to become a famous comedian - there's something weird about that.”

“People like to put you a box. I've always been the wrong shape. Maybe you are, too. I think all the people who are wrong shapes for boxes should go out and march into the streets singing, 'We are the shapes! We don't fit the box.'”

“I make an all right Bowie. Actually, I look more like Cilla Black with that wig.”

“My parents had lots of parties. They were hopelessly bohemian. They were just 18 when they had me.”

“You can't please all of the people all of the time; you can only please some of the people some of the time.”

“A lot of people think I must be like Vince Noir. He's a bit like a child. He doesn't have any malice. He's even friendly to monsters. I am like that, I guess. I talk to anyone.”

“I like to warm them up with stand-up, get them into my world and tone, and then bring other characters on. There's so much you can do theatrically on stage. You keep changing the direction and angles, and then people don't get bored.”

“I think I'm constantly surprised that adults can't deal with illogical things or thing that are weird or psychedelic. I've never really lost that.”

“I actually went to Wimbledon, and David Attenborough was sat in the row in front of me, and I thought that was quite amazing. That's insane, isn't it? He's, like, a proper person.”

“I can't write unless I've got the voice for a character.”