People say you should read your criticism because it will make you a better person but it doesn't. It just makes you a sad bitter old showbiz nightmare.

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It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

It's got too much hard work slapping them and telling them to shut up.

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well,...

By crying on my bed, drinking quite a lot and feeling tempted by drugs. Well,...

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice...

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice...

What they did was to make a pilot and it may well go to series...

What they did was to make a pilot and it may well go to series...

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to...

The thing I thought about doing it was it's Comic Relief and you've got to...

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go...

I had always fancied a go at the comedy and when it started to go...

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not...

Who do I like? I am a big fan of French and Saunders - not...

It's a video release as well so I have to be perfectly honest and go,...

It's a video release as well so I have to be perfectly honest and go,...

I wouldn't say I was organised at all. I just have to prioritise. Is it...

I wouldn't say I was organised at all. I just have to prioritise. Is it...

I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape...

I was really, because I thought it was extremely excruciating when I watched a tape...

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are...

I don't know if we will ever try again because those sort of things are...

I don't know really, it doesn't feel like it has changed to me but I...

I don't know really, it doesn't feel like it has changed to me but I...

It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy...

It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy...

Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the...

Over the years I attempted to make my style a bit more relaxed 'cause the...

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff...

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff...

Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're...

Again, with two small children it's incredibly hard to commit yourself to anything because you're...

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing...

I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing...

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

Anything is good if it's made of chocolate.

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to...

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to...

I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a...

I find it difficult to judge myself, but people say that I have become a...