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1. I’m a huge fan of stuff like ‘Planet Earth’ and the American sitcom ‘Everybody Loves Raymond.’
2. I don’t look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.
3. When people say, ‘I don’t like laughter on a TV show’, I think, ‘How do you cope when you’re watching a stand-up gig live?’ — it’s the same thing!
4. When I tell a joke, I don’t think about who’s listening to it. I tell the jokes I think are funny.
5. The default position now is that comedians do Twitter but I don’t know why. Every bad story you see about a comedian has a connection to Twitter.
6. Everyone talks about the gags, but the most difficult thing is coming up with the stories. You have to learn to do that for sitcoms.
7. I was 38 when ‘Not Going Out’ began, and I was playing a 34-year-old who had a thing about his landlady.
8. My first recollection of performing was shortly after my parents split up, so the logical conclusion to draw is that that affected me.
9. Since ‘The Office,’ everyone has this idea that comedy is only good if it reflects the way people really speak. But that’s nonsense — and it’s a problem unique to comedy.
10. I remember being captivated by Steve Coogan and Eddie Izzard and wanting to do what they did. That generation of comedians was my main influence.
11. We have all said things that are offensive when taken out of context. You don’t need to tell the public to be repelled. They will tell you they are repelled.
12. My kids would say I’m strict, but I don’t think I am.
13. I feel that I’m a stand-up comedian more than anything else, that’s my job.
14. I bought myself a juke box with my first bit of TV money and since then I don’t think I’ve ever really gone mental.
15. I came to London with a girl. We lived together and split up very quickly. I was on my own in London so started going to comedy clubs.
16. I’ve tried everywhere, but my garden shed is the most effective place to write.
17. If I am old-fashioned, it’s not a conscious decision. I just do material that I think is funny.
18. I have a very clear separation between my life and my work.
19. I use Wikipedia and eBay; I look for singles for my 1950s jukebox.
20. In TV, you get driven to work in a luxury car, and find flowers in your dressing room. Then suddenly you’re on tour, drying your hair backstage on plastic curtains.