I've had a very happy life, and although I have had tragedy, I've never suffered from any darkness.
— Ronnie Corbett
I have been trapped in some posh toilets, including those in Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace, and at Victor Spinetti's memorial at St. Paul's Covent Garden, I got locked in the loo.
When I'm stopped in the street, people want to talk about 'The Two Ronnies' and the sketches we did.
Comedy taste changes. It only changes slightly, but there's always a different angle, a different attitude.
I just keep jogging along, and people seem to like me. And for that I am very grateful.
In the old days, if you topped the bill one evening, you'd do 22 minutes maximum, and if you overstepped and did 27 one night, you'd get a knock on the door telling you it wasn't acceptable.
I look forward to doing everything, whether appearing on TV or walking the dog.
I used to have a theory in my mind that if no serious move had happened before I was 38 - not 40, oddly - then I would move into management or something. Fortunately, I was offered 'The Frost Report' when I was 37, so that was a close thing, too.
I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.
The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.
I have had the most spoiled golfing life.
How long does it take to make 'They Think It's All Over?' It's just laughing at each other and thinking, 'Aren't we clever?'
What is so good about 'Gavin and Stacey' is that it is very real, Welsh, and well written.
It's difficult to be clean and clever at the same time, but a lot of our stuff was.
We'd never do anything tasteless. There's enough to make fun of without offending.
My first pet at home in Edinburgh was a dog my dad had called Glen. He was a small sheepdog and went with my dad every day to work as manager of a cooking centre, which made the children's lunches for schools.
Part of my style was getting into a muddle. Audiences think that's part of the act. Sometimes it might be - but you have to guess which bits.
A man can add to his sexuality by being funny, whereas a woman can diminish hers. I don't know why that's the case: it's completely unfair.
My father instilled attention to detail and a sense of duty and responsibility.
I have not survived 50 years in showbusiness by being Mr. Nice. If you are weak, this business eats you up.
David Frost plucked me from the nightclubs.
Doing things like 'Extras' and 'Little Britain' keeps me in with the youngsters.
There are many comics around who don't really have a feel for comedy. They can say outrageous things, have clever thoughts, and deliver some funny angles. But they are not genuinely funny.
I've been lucky in that I've always loved my job.
I watch the wonderful Dara O'Briain refereeing 'Mock the Week,' where they all compete with each other. I wouldn't be on that. It frightens the life out of me.
I don't want to push barriers myself. You go to see Joan Rivers to see barriers being pushed. You watch 'Little Britain' to see barriers being pushed.
I suppose to the outside world I do seem slightly obsessed. But I once had a balance problem with my inner ear, and the fear loitered. Yet I have found that golf is like a yoga procedure for me: it's had wonderful, sedative, remedial qualities for my day-to-day life.
I am happy most of the time.
You get fed up watching shows with not much care and love, reality programmes where they put people in a house for a fortnight and film them doing everything, or where participants arrive after lunch and do the programme at six.
There was a story saying I didn't like contemporary comedians, but it's completely untrue - a lot of them are very dear friends of mine.
We had a certain kind of material that was not dangerously esoteric.
We knew what mums, dads, and children would understand and enjoy without resentment. I don't see the requirement to upset people. You're there to entertain and please.
I have been in the business for 62 years. It's a match made in heaven.
As you get older, you worry about your memory.
People who want to do stand-up from the start - I mean that's an extremely self-centred thing to want, isn't it?
Dad was a baker, and Mum was tied up with church and the social club.
We had brilliant writers on our shows, and I do think that 'The Two Ronnies' has stood the test of time. It was certainly the greatest fun to do.
The really funny moments you notice throughout your life are very seldom generated by one person telling a joke.
It is nice to be appreciated by the youngsters.
We go out of fashion but can also come back into fashion. So you've just got to hang around long enough until you are back in style.
All those I admired as a young performer had a calmness to their comedy.
Our comedy was light-hearted amusement that seemingly tripped naturally off the tongue. That's why I don't think it will date.
If I change car, I change car. I don't get very fond of things.
Golf is the most fascinating game, but other people's game is the most boring thing.
I like to do enough work to keep myself sharp and relevant without trying to be trendy.
It is all down to 'The Two Ronnies.' Those years with Ronnie Barker were the spine of my career.
It is possible to have good manners and be funny at the same time. Ronnie Barker and I proved that.
If I wear too much tartan, I tend to look like a Thermos flask.
We did Donald McGill, seaside-postcard stuff - middle of the road.
I'm always nervous. A classy comedian is full of self-doubt disguised with an air of false confidence. If there isn't self-doubt, you seem aggressive.
