Not working is bad for you. It is my drug, it gives me a high; most performers will tell you that. And there is nothing like the high that an audience gives you.

Television is great but for me, as a performer, nothing compares to a live theatre show.

It's sad when you see most of your friends in the business gone, like Tommy Cooper, Frankie Howard, Eric Morecambe, Roy Castle, Les Dawson. They were very dear to me. You no longer have the chance to bump into them at a celebrity do.

You'll also notice the audience and the performers are in the same room. That gives the sense that the sound comes directly to them. Acoustically, it's a much different type of experience than many people have had a chance to try.

If you don't get feedback from your performers and your audience, you're going to be working in a vacuum.

I can tell by the way somebody walks if they can dance or not. Just by the rhythm.