A biography for Peter Kayhasn’t been written yet.
“You've got to just be happy with your lot.”
“Bernard Manning is controversial but he had incredible timing. I wrote the character of Brian Potter in 'Phoenix Nights' for him to play but unfortunately he was too poorly to do it. I thought it would have been perfect casting but it didn't happen.”
“I loved doing 'Pop Factor,' though I know a lot of people were a bit uncomfortable with that, what with me playing a woman, but for me, as an experiment, taking on the wrath of that genre, it was worth it.”
“It's lonely being stuck in a hotel in London for two nights. Even a couple of nights away from the children is awful.”
“People often ask what I think of Michael McIntyre. I think he's funny. He's a nice bloke.”
“Being a comedian is probably the only job apart from undertaking that isn't age restricted.”
“Sometimes people say, 'Oh I'm surprised you'd be in Staples buying a plastic box, I thought you'd have a servant to do that for you.' I'm like, 'What are you talking about? I still go to Tesco, I still do my big shop.'”
“If something doesn't feel right comedically I won't budge on it. You just have to dig your heels in and fight for it. And I mean fight quite intensely.”
“It's about self-sacrifice. Since having children, I've worked, but I've maintained the balance of being at home as well.”
“I am fascinated by real people who are really funny.”
“I don't really see the point in offensive comedy.”
“I believe that a man called Jesus did walk the earth at one time but I don't think he was the superhero that the Bible makes him out to be.”
“I never thought I'd write one book, let alone three. I'm absolutely delighted and every night, thank the good lord for spell check.”
“There's no great secret or plan, I just think I'm funny and I want to make people laugh.”
“The best comedies are the ones where the person who's in charge is the one with the vision who's said, 'I'm staying with this till the very end.'”
“It's funny how comedy is, you look at people like French and Saunders, when they started out they were very alternative. A lot of those alternative comedians have ended up being mainstream, they know that longevity is about being mainstream.”
“Audiences want comedy that has no venom. They want to have a laugh without it becoming twee.”
“Being a dad is just brilliant and fantastic. You can't put into words what it's like.”
“For me, whatever happens there's nothing better than family.”
“I never wanted to be 'the big I-Am.'”