I Enjoy Comedy But It Can Become

Comedy Can Be Silly And Gross And Offensive, As Long As There's Sort Of A Point. You Can Make A Joke That, On The Face Of It, Is Racist. Ostensibly Someone Can Appear To Be Racist, But If You Know You're Making A Point About Race, And Not Just Being Pig-headed, Then You Can Do That. I Think Some People Who Don't Understand Comedy Will Have A Knee-jerk Reaction To Some Stuff, And Will Always Be Offended By It Because They Don't Understand It. Some People React To It In A Vociferous Way, Which Is Unsophisticated, But There's Always Going To Be Those People Out There.

I Never Had Any Desire To Be Famous. I Find People Who Do Really Sad. I Genuinely Feel Sorry For Them Because There Is Nothing Of Substancein Their Lives. I Am Happy When I Am Writing Or Performing. Not When I Sit There Being "famous". I Like Recognition For My Work, But Not Recognition For Being "that Bloke Off The Telly". It Is Genuinely Humbling When A Woman Comes Up To Me, As Someone Did Recently, To Say She Wanted To Commit Suicide After Her Husband Died, And My Show Cheered Her Up And Made Her Feel Better. That's Great.

I'm 47, My Girlfriend's 33; She's 14 Years Younger Than Me: Back Of The Net!

I Am Not A Politician Going Around Bragging About Family Values Or Putting Myself On Some Ridiculous Virtuous Pedestal. I Write Comedy. And I Am An Actor. I Am Not Going To Solve The Nation's Problems. I Don't Actually Spend My Life In The Way The Tabloids Like To Think I Do. I Actually Spend 95 Percent Of It Writing Comedy. Sober. Well, Nearly Sober Anyway.

I'm Not Mother Teresa. But I'm Not Frank Bough, Either. I Am Getting Older And A Bit More Sensible. I'm Not Going To Be Popping Up In Dungeons Every Six Months. If You Catch Me Preaching Fidelity While I Am Shagging Chickens Then Throw The Book At Me. Otherwise, Leave Me Alone.