Greg Davies

I am often driven by necessity, rather than actually doing things like an adult. ”

Being a teacher was great, but it wasn't what I wanted to do, so it was ultimately crushing. ”

One of my friend calls me 'lost to showbiz', but that's only because I don't go for a drink as often as he'd like, because I'm always working. I've met very few famous people who are lost to showbiz - I have met some, mind. ”

I would say the more significant factor of my starting late is that I developed a sufficiently thick skin to be able to - just about - handle the knocks that a fledgling comedian takes. ”

Love at first sight is probably for stupid people, but maybe I'm just cynical. ”

I love what I'm doing and will continue to do it, and there's nothing you can do to stop me. ”

It often occurs to me that this is a strange way to make a living. But it's wonderful, too. There are many ways to read maturity, and I'm not fighting the instinct to simply enjoy that kind of nonsense. I love that someone would pay me to draw on somebody else's bottom. ”

It's an irony that with the physical decline of age comes more mental wellbeing. It's life's cruel trick. You've settled down as a person, you feel happier with who you are, and then you get a massive swollen prostate and have to go for a test every two weeks. It's life's way of saying the struggle isn't over. ”

In my 20s and early 30s, I was very much a man lost at sea, with very little direction in life, and painfully immature. ”

My dad always told me that, as far as he's concerned, I can do whatever I choose in life as long as I'm happy and can handle the consequences of bad decisions. He only ever said that when he thought I was doing the wrong thing. I would employ similar passive aggression. ”