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" Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula. "
Work
People
Great
" Comedy, your funny bone, is formed in childhood. "
Comedy
Your
Funny
" Every week I have a disaster in my kitchen. The fire alarm goes off repeatedly. But it doesn't stop me being adventurous. "
Me
Week
Stop
" I am quite happy to take a cut. You've got to, if you want to work and continue working. "
Work
I Am
Want
" I can eat beef, provided it's minced in disguise. I couldn't eat a gammon steak. Forget it. "
Forget
Eat
Disguise
" I don't go for glamour roles. "
Glamour
Roles
Go
" I don't like awards ceremonies. I'd sooner go to the pub with mates I've known for years. "
Awards
Pub
Years
" I don't live with people, that's why my relationships last. I'm not romantic. Even when I was a teenager if somebody asked if they could hold my hand I'd say, - no, it's not heavy, I can hold it myself, thank you'. "
You
Romantic
Say
" I don't want to sit until I'm 90 with people running around after me. I'm not one for sitting on the couch. "
Want
Running
Me
" I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job. "
Place
Want
Money
" I'd rather do community service than sit and write a load of Christmas cards. "
Christmas
Community
Cards
" I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show. "
Dress
Middle-Aged
Show
" I enjoyed school - although I ran away on the first day. I'd reminded the teacher that it was nearly time for 'Watch With Mother' on TV. "
Mother
School
Day
" If I wanted your opinion, I'd slap it outta ya. "
Your
Slap
Opinion
" I go in the butchers and there's not a lot of meat I can eat these days, with having all the animals. "
I Can
Go
Days
" I know it's a cliche, but I didn't want to work in an office. "
Office
Work
Want
" I like to travel, and I would love to be fluent in at least four languages. "
Travel
Like
Four
" I like working with kids; they keep you going. "
Going
Keep
Like
" I love looking after animals. I find it very enjoyable. "
Animals
Very
Love
" I make a wonderful cure-all called Four Thieves, just like my mum did. It's cider vinegar, 36 cloves of garlic and four herbs, representing four looters of plague victims' homes in 1665 who had their sentences reduced from burning at the stake to hanging for explaining the recipe that kept them from catching the plague. "
Hanging
Herbs
Like
" I'm not a businessman. I could pack it in, but I like work. I don't want to sound like Catherine Cookson, but I've worked since I was eight, with a paper round and in a fruit and veg shop. "
Sound
Like
Work
" I only like doing live telly. It's great because you go in and do it and then go home. No edit, no retakes. "
Home
You
Live
" I still consider myself working class. I know my circumstances have changed dramatically since I was growing up back in Birkenhead. "
Growing Up
Back
Growing
" I think it's bad for fellas when they lose their mothers. Mine was such a character. Oh it was sad, really sad. And, with her gone, the family home was gone, so what was left of any roots I had were completely dug up. "
Home
Character
Roots
" It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken. "
Normal
Become
Chicken
" I've got four dogs, eight chickens, 10 sheep and six pigs. "
Chickens
Pigs
Got
" I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it. "
Obsessed
Child
Because
" I was born late - what my mother calls the last kick of a dying horse. There's three of us children, but I'm 13 or 14 years younger than my brother and sister. "
Children
Horse
Mother
" I was Popeye mad when I was a kid, and I'd eat spinach until the cows came home. "
Eat
Until
Mad
" I went to work for the Civil Service. I'd wanted to work for the Ministry of Defence because I had some far-fetched idea that it had something to do with the Avengers, but I ended up in Social Security. "
Because
Work
Up
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