Dominic Holland

I've been recognised in garages. I'll be paying for my petrol, and I'll see this guy looking at me, thinking, 'Is it him?' Then he'll be looking at my car: 'No, he couldn't be driving that car.' I've actually had two people say to me:,'Hello Dominic, I thought you might have a better car than that, mate!' ”

Never trust a television executive. ”

I am the first to admit that I have never been a household name. ”

I am not a natural show-off. Some of the monster comedians are terrifyingly assured, and I don't have that, and that's held me back. ”

A barrel of laughs should be enough, but it's not. A good review is official and endures. A bad one is like a tub of Flora. It spreads easily and lasts for the whole festival. ”

I even like the Scottish weather because, like everywhere in the U.K., you can't have great beauty without lots of rain. ”

Edinburgh is a world city, visited throughout the year for its beauty and history, but in August, it is the City of Hope. There is something very exciting and romantic about performers of all shapes and sizes, honing their stuff for the biggest arts festival in the world. ”

I have tried many times to write a TV sitcom - with little success. ”

My Fiat Multipla is bright green - it looks like a frog. I look like a monkey, so between the two of us, we are a hideous prospect. It's the ugliest car on the road but the most practical, and I would live and die by it. ”

It is the natural order of things that successive generations will achieve more than their predecessors. ”