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I made the decision to go on ...

I made the decision to go on stage after my father died. And he would have wanted me to. But I won't try and plug huge grief up with the false world of show-business ever again.

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If I'd been doing the cabaret...

If I'd been doing the cabaret circuit or the club circuit or the Saturday night telly that was around in the 80s, I wouldn't be around any more, because those shows have fallen by the wayside. So I have had to keep changing.

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On the old passports, mine us...

On the old passports, mine used to say 'entertainer', but now on forms I say 'actor'. But I still worry that people will think I'm a charlatan.

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But the one thing you can say...

But the one thing you can say about me is that I'm very resilient. I always bounce back. I'm like a rubber ball.

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I can remember going to the n...

I can remember going to the north-east clubs and having the hardest time of my life on stage and saying to myself, 'I'm not coming off.' And I would go through an hour's material in 20 minutes.

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I am a very honest, open pers...

I am a very honest, open person and I think there is a tendency in celebrity autobiographies to gloss over certain things which have happened.

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Phil's a lovely, lovely boy. ...

Phil's a lovely, lovely boy. He's 33, but I still call him my 'boy'. He was young when 'Family Fortunes' started, and there's a lovely photo of him holding up a clapperboard for me on set.

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There have been some bad time...

There have been some bad times, some very low points in my life. Doing 'Celebrity Big Brother' was certainly one of them. When I came out my phone didn't ring for a very long time.

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I love coming to Edinburgh an...

I love coming to Edinburgh and last time I was here, Claire and I found out we were expecting our daughter Eleanor, so it's a place dear to my heart.

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Being a parent is a tiring bu...

Being a parent is a tiring business.

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If I go out to a house and it...

If I go out to a house and it's half empty I prefer to think it's half full. And I trust people. Even if it all goes wrong you go again.

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I wish I'd gone to university...

I wish I'd gone to university. I had the opportunity to go to Oxford but by then I'd already started as a comedian.

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I wish people would listen ra...

I wish people would listen rather than rush around in their own world. There's a danger that we are becoming stuck in a bubble and losing the ability to communicate.

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I've never watched any videos...

I've never watched any videos of my time on 'Celebrity Big Brother'. Honestly. It's something I could save for when I'm an old man. It was a watershed, the catalyst to the end of my second marriage.

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I got a little bit pleased wi...

I got a little bit pleased with myself. I didn't buy a Rolls-Royce or anything like that but I didn't see my biological family for a while. I was getting a bit self-important and they told me. They dragged me back.

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Every night in 'Hairspray' we...

Every night in 'Hairspray' we will be doing a vocal warmup, so I hope that will improve the muscles. It is a muscle, and we've not been using it - anybody that is on stage, that is.

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My whole break-up with Amanda...

My whole break-up with Amanda Holden was in the papers for three years and my dogs were photographed being taken for walks more than any in Britain. They're two Cairn terriers. I don't have them now, though, she has them.

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I'd love to do Shakespeare. I...

I'd love to do Shakespeare. I've been asked to do Malvolio but for one reason or another haven't been able. On a school trip to the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford I saw the great Emrys James as Feste and it's always been a role I've coveted.

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Extras changed the public's p...

Extras changed the public's perception of me hugely - they saw there was more to me than just this bloke off the telly.

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A lot of the comics called me...

A lot of the comics called me Bronco because I wouldn't get off - if I had to do an hour, I would stand there, even if it wasn't going well. I knew comics that would climb out of dressing room windows after they'd done their first spot.

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