Quotes from Les Dennis

I resisted emotional involvement for a while because I didn't believe it could work.

I hoped doing 'Celebrity Big Brother' would reboot my career: if you can't beat them, join them. It's tough because you want to be known for your work rather than just for who you are, you know?

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.

It annoys me how expensive it is to live in London, but I think that annoys everyone.

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.

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.