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I don't think comedy is necessarily an attack. It's finding humour in life. I don't think if you're making a joke about something you're automatically demeaning it.
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I had a very happy childhood, but I wasn't that happy a child. I liked being alone and creating characters and voices. I think that's when your creativity is developed, when you're young. I liked the world of the imagination because it was an easy place to go to.
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I would recommend that anyone who wants to do comedy on TV to do radio first.
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I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.
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There's a sort of magic and music to comedy. Some words, some numbers even, are funnier than others. A Caramac bar, for instance, is funnier than a Milky Way.
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I don't have a fear factor. Well, not much of one. And I'm willing to risk quite a lot - as a comedian, you're always risking a lot. You're risking failure, especially if you're improvising and going on TV shows trying to make comedy out of thin air. That is quite a risky business.
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I have always liked shows that have laughter in them.
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Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.
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TV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.
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I don't know what I'll be like when I'm 60. I already have the traits of a retired gentleman.
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I can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
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We sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.
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I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
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I have a pathological fear of being on my own. When I'm with my own thoughts, I start to unravel myself, and I start to think really dark thoughts, self-destructive thoughts.
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The one good thing about our school was the Cadets; I chose to be in the Navy, purely for the sailor's outfit. A pity we had to give them back.
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When you are doing endurance swimming you just need to take in as many carbs as possible to put on as much weight as you can. Basically you can eat whatever you want, which can be quite fun. Everything is guilt-free.
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It can be difficult to be subtle and not cartoony in prosthetics. But when you see characters like Bubbles and Desiree from 'Little Britain' on screen, it makes all the hard work worth it. It's such fun watching those transformations.
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I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.
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We sort of expect to see men in women's clothes. It's part of our culture. The key thing is, it has to be done quite badly.
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I don't have a lot to share with other men. My heart sinks when I get into a taxi and someone starts talking to me about football.
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All human life can be found in an airport.
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I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.
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People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.
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I've done panel shows, which I enjoy, and on those you're recording half-an-hour of TV and sometimes they film for two hours. But with 'Britain's Got Talent,' you're on camera for eight hours, with a large theatre audience watching - and in between you're being filmed for ITV2 as you eat your lunch.