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" All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved. "
Ever
Boyhood
Wanted
" As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. "
Memory
You
Things Happen
" At my age, the radiation will probably do me good. "
Good
Radiation
Me
" But no, I've just been very lucky. But I've worked hard, and the harder you work, the luckier you seem to get. "
Just
Lucky
Seem
" Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do. "
Wrong
Done
Career
" I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people. "
I Believe
Most
People
" I can never tell a joke, I've always found it easier to just fall over. "
Tell
Never
Over
" I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh. "
Know
Laugh
Communism
" I do play drums when I'm on tour. "
Drums
Tour
Play Drums
" I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good. "
Good
Feel Good
Feel
" I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same. "
Childhood
You
Want
" I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12. "
Still
Think
Thinking
" I must admit I like to muck around a bit; I always have. "
Must
Admit
Always
" In fact, one was so booked out we went from March and were to go till November, but the pantomime was booked so they transferred the show to the Prince of Wales Theatre because it was so packed out, and it ran on from there. "
November
Out
Show
" I owe everything to the army. "
Everything
Owe
Army
" I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano. "
Play
Trumpet
Saxophone
" It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice. "
Meet
Thrilling
Were
" It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap. "
Working
Nice
Chap
" I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums. "
True
Now
Audience
" I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that. "
Always
I Can
Long
" I've an idea for doing a Situation Comedy myself but its always difficult to get people to listen to you because they like to put their own ideas forward. "
People
You
Myself
" I've been extremely lucky having been in the army when I was a boy of fourteen. "
Fourteen
Lucky
Having
" I've been making people laugh for 40 years, so I know how important it is! "
People
Laugh
Know
" I've done seven shows at the Palladium - long running shows I'm talking about. "
Seven
Talking
Running
" I've got one idea I want to do for a film and you know I just enjoy myself doing bits and pieces. "
Doing
You
Want
" I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night. "
Dead
Home
School
" I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry. "
Born
Sorry
I Was Born
" I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose. "
Boy
Music
Taught
" Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards. "
Standards
Most
American
" My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad. "
Three
Children
Need
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