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“My mother is an absolute stickler for honesty. If you found money in the street you handed it in to a shop or found a policeman. So I've always accepted that you don't lie.”
“Headlice are no respecters of cleanliness or income. It makes as much sense to be embarrassed by them as it would to be ashamed of being bitten by mosquitoes.”
“I'm not one of nature's travellers.”
“I always harmonise when I sing along to music - it's ridiculous, but I can't help myself.”
“Travel, I have belatedly realised, is not just about sightseeing, notching up destinations in a futile, trainspotting way.”
“When I was a child, journeys were rarely dull.”
“I love shopping. I'm a shopaholic.”
“When I was a child, I don't remember anyone ever mentioning cellulite. There were no adverts, as far as I recall, for expensive creams to 'remove' it; people didn't routinely discuss liposuction.”
“I'm an addictive parent and adore being with my children, so for me having concentrated time together on holiday is heaven.”
“I hate tunnels, fear air crashes, loathe coaches and get sea-sick. I'm also vegetarian, so 98% of the menu in any restaurant is a no-go area.”
“We never went abroad until I was 12, as we didn't have the money. But I remember crossing the border into Scotland when I was nine. We'd left England - the height of sophistication!”
“I can go on 'Have I Got News For You,' which many people would find terrifying, and do it pretty chilled, as long I don't have to get the lift up to the studio.”
“When I was younger, I loved people like Beryl Reid and Irene Handl - really strong actresses who could also do comedy.”
“There are a whole load of women I hugely admire: Judi Dench and French and Saunders were a big influence when I was starting out in comedy.”
“Humour was a big part of growing up. It was a valuable currency in our household to be funny.”
“Football has traditionally been the passion of the working man, and when you love something it's natural to want to claim ownership of it.”
“No actors worth their salt get through a single performance without forgetting their lines and bumping into the furniture. It's one of the first skills you learn at drama school.”
“I think I was starting to get interested in comedy at quite a pivotal moment. It was around the beginning of alternative comedy, and French and Saunders, Victoria Wood, Julie Walters and Jenny Eclair were suddenly big names.”
“If you have a clear and decisive vision of how the world should be, you can't be expected to tolerate things that don't fit in.”
“I was convinced that death was stalking my family, because my grandfather died a couple of days after my dad nearly drowned.”