Ben Miller

Initially, the best thing about being in L.A. was the girls - they loved me. It was like being a pop star. ”

I used to fantasise about being able to stay up all night; now I fantasise about how early I can go to bed. Tragic isn't it? ”

More than anything, I enjoy making people laugh. ”

I get dissatisfied really easily, and I have to constantly keep moving; I have to constantly keep doing things. I find it very hard to switch off. ”

Science was always a passion, but I also loved 'Monty Python' and 'The Young Ones,' and I discovered the Footlights comedy club at university, where a lot of those people got their start. I had a go and loved it immediately. After that, I just couldn't stop writing sketches, and it all took off from there. ”

Definitely the most important thing in my life is being a father. ”

I've been going bald since I was about 17. I'm still hanging on to my hair for dear life, but I do sometimes wonder - should I get a wig? ”

The one thing that makes me laugh about the phrase 'the worst week of my life' is that nobody actually uses that phrase when something really bad happens. ”

Life is a mystery: you've just got to go with it. ”

I did a very stupid diet where you have three food groups, and you never eat them together. It's so bloody tedious; I'm losing the will to live just describing it. I managed to stay very thin because you spent your life wandering around starving hungry looking for a chickpea to go with a chicken leg. ”