I Do Say No To Lots Of

I Swam At School A Lot. Long-distance Swimming In Pools, And Diving, Then When We Moved To Hastings When I Was 13 I Used To Swim In The Sea All The Time; I Loved It Out Of Season And When It Was Rough.

I Think There's A Far More General Audience Now Because I've Done More Populist Stuff On Telly.

I'm Too Nervous To Eat Before I Go Onstage, And I'll Usually Eat Out After The Performance Or When I Get Home At Midnight.

The Thing I Thought About Doing It Was It's Comic Relief And You've Got To Be Funny. So Although I Did Try To Sing Properly It Obviously Has Hilarious Results When You Can't Sing.

Again, With Two Small Children It's Incredibly Hard To Commit Yourself To Anything Because You're Just Getting Interested In It And Someone Comes Along And Goes I Want Thomas The Tank Engine On, And Screams The Place Down Until You Put It On.