A biography for Paul Whitehousehasn’t been written yet.
“I don't want to sound trite, but we're all treading a fine line between what's normal and what's not.”
“I have no fear of my own mortality.”
“Those old Tories who are always going on about the Sixties and the age of permissiveness being our downfall are probably right.”
“I come from a musical family. My mum was a professional, for a while, and won the Golden Voice of Wales.”
“Peter Kay did a 'Mum Wants A Bungalow' Tour. Ours would be the 'Putting Our Mums In A Home' Tour.”
“It is interesting that all these things that contain stuff like saturated fats, we love 'em.”
“I like to think I'm quite cocky, and at home in any company. But you're not really, are you?”
“Who's the power on the street? Young women. They're a strange breed: very confident.”
“Some friends of mine have started what they call the Misery Club. They just drink and bemoan failed relationships.”
“We've all got people who have experienced mental illness, and my mum was a community nurse for a while.”
“My disappointment with Christmas stems from my abject horror at losing the magic of Christmas when I was young. That's where it comes from. Because I'll never capture that Christmas joy and excitement again.”
“It's funny seeing yourself on screen, not in character.”
“I work with quite a lot of black comedians and I don't think they think doing accents is racist at all.”
“If a woman's fertility was in question, we wouldn't laugh, but if it is male, we have a right old laugh about it.”
“The midges you get in Scotland are evil.”
“My dad was a very calm figure in my life and I have only good memories of him. We had a very simple relationship - we didn't need to talk much in each other's company - but we were always at ease.”
“When we started out, there weren't that many women in team sketch shows.”
“Obviously, you lose sight of certain things as you get older. In some cases; for example, youth culture.”
“It's hunting, but unlike shooting, which is noisy and intrusive, fishing is all about quietness and stealth.”
“I look at some 'Fast Shows' now and I just think, 'Where are the jokes?'”