Lee Mack

But it's true, I was a sports organiser at Pontins - one of a series of terrible jobs I had before I started doing comedy full time.

I would say about 90 per cent of drunken idiots in comedy clubs wear ties, particularly in London where I work most of the time.

I would make it illegal to walk into a comedy club with a tie on.

Neck-down comedy was no longer valid after the 1980s alternative comedy revolution. Everything became about the cerebral. And with that came positive things - it helped get rid of some of the sexism and homophobia - but it also meant a lot of physical comedy was lost.

The problem isn't that there's not enough women in panel games. The problem is there's not enough women in comedy in general.

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

When I tell a joke, I don't think about who's listening to it. I tell the jokes I think are funny.

Bobby Ball, who plays my dad in 'Not Going Out,' is very funny. He has a magical sense for comedy that nobody has been able to replicate.

If I am old-fashioned, it's not a conscious decision. I just do material that I think is funny.

The truth is that I don't really understand the concept of having an old-fashioned sense of humour, because to me fashion is about clothes not comedy.

It's funny, because when you tell people you've stopped drinking, there's an automatic reaction. People ask, ‘Was it a lifestyle choice or were you waking up in a skip?'"

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.