Quotes from Sean Lock

I would describe my driving style as calm authority, but my wife would call it demented. In my defence I've got a clean licence so probably the best way to describe it is crafty.

I'm the master at publicity.

I'd like an old car just so I can control the windows with a handle. I hate electronic windows.

It's not like I'm an Internet geek or anything - I'm of an age where the Internet is not the first thing I think of when I need to find something out.

The hardest thing to write is sitcom.

My stand-up shows don't really have a theme but do have an interactive element to them.

Whenever a young comic asks me for advice I only have two things to say. One is to try and do what you think is genuinely funny and the other is just do loads of gigs.

Real men will eat anything I mean anything. I think the only food I have ever turned down was a boiled goat's head while hitch-hiking in Yugoslavia in the 1980s.

Ron Mueck's 'Dead Dad' was fantastic. It was an almost exact replica of his dead dad's body, shrunk to be a third of the size, a very powerful sculpture.

I have worked out that I am virtually Chinese, because everything I own is from China.

15 Storeys High' is the hardest thing I've worked on. 12 hours a day, 7 days a week.

There is the idea that there's a section of society, these working-class tradesmen, are driving around and they all think the same. Everybody who has tools in their vehicle have all the exact same thoughts: it's incredibly patronising isn't it?

I used to watch 'EastEnders' till the plots got ridiculous.

My major regret in life is not going to university, though not for the qualification I would have gained. People I know who went there have a working method where they sit down and get something done; they know how to start and get on with things. I will do anything to avoid getting on with stuff.

I'm hoping I don't get Alzheimer's.

Claudia Winkleman is a good laugh and James Corden too.

If you're over 22, getting a tattoo and you don't do work that involves tools you should be ashamed of yourself!

The Specials used to be my style icons. I was obsessed with them and the whole 2-Tone thing was a good look for me.

I really like doing stand-up, because it gives you an immense amount of freedom. You haven't got anyone telling you what to do. It's great to have that much power over what you do. You don't have that in television.

Touring can be quite a dull life.

I spent a large part of my 20s and 30s living in different places, including tower blocks.

The hardest I've ever laughed in a cinema was at 'Silent Movie' by Mel Brooks. I was 12-ish and I actually fell out of my seat. I saw it 10 years later hoping for the same hilarity but it didn't happen. I'm not sure if that's because of me or the film.

I always ask for fresh coffee because instant doesn't give you the caffeine buzz you need.

I did once have a MySpace site but it was like a badly tended grave.