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As Soon As I See Period Costume, I Turn Off. It's Like Hearing Drama On Radio 4.

Depending On Which Side Of The Fence You're On, You Could Argue That The Sexual Liberation Of The Late '60s, Led To Women Being Emancipated In Some Ways. That They Found A Voice During That Time, With Feminism. It's Complicated.

If You're Driving Your Car And Someone Winds The Window Down And Gives You The Finger And Calls You An Asshole, Instead Of Giving Him The Finger Back And Calling Him An Asshole Back, You Just Pull A Funny Face, And He Doesn't Know How To React To That, Because You're Using Different Rules.

If You Start To Disrespect The Character You're Playing, Or Play It Too Much For Laughs, That Can Work For A Sketch, It Will Sell Some Gags, But It's All Technique. It's Like Watching A Juggler - You Can Be Impressed By It, But It's Not Going To Touch You In Any Way.

I Never Had Any Desire To Be Famous. I Find People Who Do Really Sad. I Genuinely Feel Sorry For Them Because There Is Nothing Of Substancein Their Lives. I Am Happy When I Am Writing Or Performing. Not When I Sit There Being "famous". I Like Recognition For My Work, But Not Recognition For Being "that Bloke Off The Telly". It Is Genuinely Humbling When A Woman Comes Up To Me, As Someone Did Recently, To Say She Wanted To Commit Suicide After Her Husband Died, And My Show Cheered Her Up And Made Her Feel Better. That's Great.