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" I was a Christian. I didn't want to have sex before marriage, I was a bit uptight and not very self-confident. I was a virgin until I was 26. "

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" You go, well you can't joke about race. Well if you're from a different race and that's your experience of the world and you want to talk about that, then fine. Or you can't talk about disability, but disabled comics can talk about that. "

" You never want to be the grumpy guy, although I do have quite a grumpy face. "

" The tragedy for comedians is there's nothing more they want than to be liked. We desperately seek approval. It's almost like a personality disorder you can do as a job. "

" Staying in luxury hotels still gives me a kick, especially Oulton Hall in Yorkshire. I'd stay in a hotel for the breakfast and room service. "

" I like to write a joke without any fat on it. The shorter the better. I cater for people with ADD, basically. "

" I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker. "

" I think the idea that death is not the end, that your dog's just gone to live on the farm, is limiting. Thoughts like that prevent you from making the most of the time that you have. "

" There's things that I couldn't joke about but other people could. "

" The first few weeks of joining Weight Watchers, you're just finding your feet. "

" I was in love with the idea of being in love with a woman way before I was actually in love with one. "

" I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh. "

" I don't see myself as offending people. "

" A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true. "

" It's so clear cut with a comedian - you have that reflex action, whereby you laugh or you don't. And so you either love us or you simply cannot see why people are laughing. "

" If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself. "

" More people are going out to comedy shows than they were before. "

" It is such a social thing, laughing. Two thousand people in a room laughing is such a great buzz and they tend to laugh much more in a group. "

" Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence. "

" The bigger the audience, the better with comedy. "

" Like most of the world's population I'm into coffee, but in a properly big and important way. My perfect weekend would start with a pint of coffee. "

" I don't think it's any coincidence that I lost my religious faith and 'manned up' in the same year. I was described somewhere as a lapsed Catholic, which is funny because I'm not going back! I want to achieve things rather than live life in an animalistic way. "

" Yes, I have this crazy honk of a laugh. "

" After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead. "

" I go around the country and do a simple gag like, 'The property ladder is now a snake' and get a real laugh. "