“As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badland…” — Rik Mayall

I died. Which is fantastic, because I have died already; I have been there and come back. I am completely recovered, thank you.

Storytelling has always been one of my great pleasures.

London audiences are the most challenging around - it's a group of such diverse strangers.

I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.