Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

There's a lot of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place.

Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.

The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.

A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.

There was always that thing with 'Johnny' - I always saw myself as his writer and PR. But when he got out there, I had no control. His whole thing was going off on those flights of fancy. Going, 'Let's see what we can possibly do that hasn't been done before up here.' And when it works, it's lovely; it's a great night.

Some comics are in it for what they can get out of it. Others are in it for a love of comedy. I think those that are in it for a genuine love of comedy find each other within the circuit and become friends.

I don't want to demonise 'Johnny.' I was really proud of what he achieved. Especially within stand-up. He was quite a unique voice. I will always possibly be trading off 'Johnny's name, but there's a lot more things that I'm able to do now - the strengths that 'Michael' can bring to it.

I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain.

'Johnny' was always a lone wolf when he got on stage. Him against the world, whereas suddenly, when I got into acting, people were relying on me.

I always say that the stand-up world is the arena of the unwell, and it is.

Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that.

I found popularity through self-destruction, and that can be quite addictive.

I came from a very loving home, had a happy life with no great aspirations, but going to the seminary changed me. There was a chunk of my childhood missing. Once I'd realised it wasn't for me, I still felt a tremendous pressure to continue for fear of letting everybody down.

'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.

From a certain age, I sort of accepted myself for what I was. And although to other people it was like nothing ever goes right, I had a really nice attitude that I'd inherited from my parents, and especially from my dad.

People are always asking, 'Where does Michael Pennington end and Johnny Vegas begin,' and you're going, 'It's not like that: it's blurred right across.'