
My father used to be away for months at a time, and he'd never leave any money for food, so my brother and I had to go out and nick it.

I believe in physical comedy, because that reaches out most to people.

I have a folder where I keep all the articles the critics have written about me. It makes me feel good.

You see I'm semi-retired now and don't work all the time, only most of it!

I was born in very sorry circumstances. Both of my parents were very sorry.

There are people who like just ordinary comedy fun, and making mistakes - which I do easily - and then there are people who like the falling over.

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.

I used to first go on to entertain an audience. But now I go, and this is really true - I go on to have fun with a crowd of my chums.

Most of my comedies were low on budgets - certainly by American standards.

I've been making people laugh for 40 years, so I know how important it is!

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

It was absolutely thrilling to meet Laurel and Hardy, they were so nice.

I do play drums when I'm on tour.

I was born in London, and went to school in Scotland - I used to be dead tired when I got home at night.

I play drums, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, french horn, piano.

I owe everything to the army.

All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved.

Don't get me wrong: I'm overjoyed with my career to date. But perhaps I could have done more. Mostly, I just did whatever the directors told me to do.

Of course I've done musicals here in London.

I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12.

Such is life and life is such and after all it isn't much. First a cradle. Then a hearse. It might have been better, but it could have been worse.

I've always had a sense of humour, and I still do, so I just want to go on performing as long as I can. It's as simple as that.

It was smashing working with Jerry Desmonde, he was a very nice chap.

I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.