If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya.

Noel Coward said work is more fun than fun, but then he didn't work in the Bird's Eye factory packing frozen fish fingers nine hours a day, did he?

What was I drinking last night? Furniture polish?

I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.

The worst drivers are women in people carriers, men in white vans and anyone in a baseball cap. That's just about everyone.

Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.

I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show.

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

Times are hard and friends are few

I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working.

I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable.

Thanks be to God for his timely provisions.

Our language needs endless synonyms for beautiful; the eyes could see what the tongue cannot possibly describe.

I've always been down-to-earth about money.

Family photos, pictures of groups, those are truely wonderful. And they are just as good as the old masters, just as rich and just as beautifully composed (what does that mean anyway).

Antarctica is a very alien environment, and you can't survive here more than minutes if you're not equipped properly and doing the right thing all the time.

You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet.

Don't think that I'm silly for liking it, I just happen to like the simple little things, and I love cats!

You know the Ark of Israel and the calf of Belial were both made of gold. Religion has never yet changed the metal of her one adoration.

If you're going to write a good book, you have to make mistakes and you have to not be so cautious all the time.