Quotes from Rik Mayall

Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing down Tony to defend them, and I'll be there for any other dangers that come along.

Something that has been important to me is never to repeat myself, never to go back.

Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!

I'm frightened of interviews.

It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say.

London audiences are the most challenging around - it's a group of such diverse strangers.

With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.

I've always had live audiences.

With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best.

As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands.