Ronnie Corbett

“It's difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.”

“I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.”

“We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.”

“My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.”

“I am happy most of the time.”

“It is nice to be appreciated by the youngsters.”

“When I'm stopped in the street, people want to talk about 'The Two Ronnies' and the sketches we did.”

“You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six.”

“We go out of fashion but can also come back into fashion. So you've just got to hang around long enough until you are back in style.”

“It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.”

“My father instilled attention to detail and a sense of duty and responsibility.”

“Golf is the most fascinating game, but other people's game is the most boring thing.”

“I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.”

“There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine.”

“I just keep jogging along, and people seem to like me. And for that I am very grateful.”

“Doing things like 'Extras' and 'Little Britain' keeps me in with the youngsters.”

“How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'”

“I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.”

“If I change car, I change car. I don't get very fond of things.”

“It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.”