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“Well, I don't get depressed, but there have certainly been moments in life when I've been really miserable.”
“It's tiring doing eight shows a week.”
“I've got three stents, four kids and five Baftas. I think one's led to the others. But I don't worry about illness.”
“I used to be very funny, but I used it all up in my characters.”
“We want to celebrate John Sullivan's writing, and hope we've done it justice.”
“I don't find a lot of situations daunting - social situations, that is - I never have. Women, on the other hand, but they're not people, are they?”
“I don't want to make a big deal out of the heart stents. When the guy did it he said, 'I didn't put them in just so you can sit by the fireplace,' know what I mean?”
“There was always something odd about Jimmy Savile, you knew that.”
“In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet and you have to take a punt.”
“However much of a brave face you put on, you sometimes realise 'These people are just so much better than me at everything.'”
“I keep very active.”
“They go together, don't they, 'monumental' and 'folly?'”
“Women would never be abusive about physical appearance. It's a no-go area, but it's an icebreaker for men.”
“I never write alone.”
“I know that everyone is fighting for every penny of government finance, but we need more money to deal with the mental health problems we face. It's not the most glamorous of causes, but it's not going to go away.”
“I do a programme with Bob Mortimer, where we explore our heart problems. We both tend to it really carefully. I have to be a bit careful.”
“It is disconcerting looking at yourself as Mary Berry. It's bad enough looking at myself as myself.”
“There is always something magical about being on a river as evening falls. Nature begins to come a bit alive. But I get to the point where I want to get to the pub.”
“If I stand correctly in the mirror I can frame it so that I still have hair. But the camera doesn't lie.”
“The audience for 'The Fast Show' was much less than 'Harry Enfield and Chums,' but of course 'The Fast Show' was recognised by many as a poignant work of genius.”