“Being tall when I was youngerl I was always a bit awkward. As a teenager, I was very, very thin, so I was very gangly and limby, and would sweep things off the table without realising how big my wingspan was - just out of control. A lot of women write to me and say, 'I'm six foot and exactly the same happens' - that's been lovely therapy.”
“By the age of 13, I knew I wanted to be a comedian like Morecambe and Wise. So, obviously, I thought I'd better start practising my interviews for Parkinson. Don't look shocked - I wasn't the only teenager to imagine that. Though I may have been the only one to have chosen T'Pau as my walk-on music.”
“I hate talking about my height, because I don't feel like a tall person... When I see a tall woman, I'm always slightly like, 'Whoa.' It looks weird, but that could be because of my complex about it, my worry over whether it's womanly to be that tall.”
“I'm not saying writing comedy's brain surgery, but there is a certain pressure to it. It's the equivalent of doing homework that's going to end up on national television.”
“Marriage was never a dream or an ambition for me. I thank my real mother for the fact that - unlike my sitcom mother - she never put any pressure on me or my sister to marry.”
“I have a fantastic method for anti-ageing. It's eating. Plumps out your skin beautifully.”
“I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.”
“My greatest crush was Chandler from 'Friends.' And Goran Ivanisevic.”
“I am not married, no. I wasn't really into the notion when I was younger, but now I think a proposal is the ultimate romantic gesture.”
“My mum said to me once years ago, which really spurred me on, 'You're the funniest person I know'. I loved that.”