“When I turned about 12 or 13, I realised that being funny wasn't about remembering jokes. It was about creating them.”
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I looked at longevity in show business when I was about 13, and the people who seemed to have longevity were the ones who'd spent quite a bit of time learning about what they were doing before they made it.
When I wake up on a Monday morning and I realise I don't have to go and work at the civil service, I really think I've won.
And of course Marc Cherry heightens it and makes it hilarious. But there's so many universal themes in the show, and he made it so funny. We knew he was onto something if he could keep it up and, thankfully, he did.
Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.
