00:00Oh, I'm just going to take a drink. You probably don't want that on.
00:03Iconic an award, iconic, just pure interview desiccats.
00:06There you go.
00:07Hey, we are receiving the Icon Award tonight.
00:09Yes.
00:10How does that sit with you?
00:11It sits very well as well as long overdue.
00:15I feel that I shall...
00:18You know when people talk about forest bathing?
00:20They're literally walking into a wood.
00:21I shall be iconic bathing.
00:23I shall be bathing in this award.
00:25As you should.
00:26I shall be going out figuring out what it's like.
00:28I shall watch people's reactions to me when they come along.
00:31See if it's changed.
00:32Because I won't change.
00:34Never do, please.
00:35I will just be an icon.
00:36You must have a lot of people come up to you, like fans come up to you.
00:40And do you get a sense when someone walks up to you
00:42what they're about to reference as a project of yours?
00:44Based on, let's say, age or how they seem and stuff.
00:48Yes, judging by age.
00:50Okay, what do you think my thing to you is about to be?
00:55Is it, are there lots of young people now watching ABFAB?
00:58I don't know.
00:59I just want to say to you that I reckon, and this is not me exaggerating,
01:03I think Shrek 2 might have changed the course of my life.
01:06Because I Need a Hero is so, holding out for a hero,
01:10is so fantastically performed.
01:12And it, like, that whole sequence gives me goosebumps.
01:15I watched it the other day at Christmas,
01:16and it's so phenomenally played by you.
01:18So thank you for that, bringing that into the world.
01:19So good.
01:20Oh, thank you for that.
01:22Because I had to work, it's one of the times I had to,
01:25I even recognised myself,
01:26that I had to work very hard to sing that song.
01:29So, yes, thank you for that.
01:30What was all the prep that went into?
01:32Learning to sing.
01:35Learning to hit the notes.
01:36Learning when to stop and let the music happen.
01:39Learning to count.
01:40Everything.
01:41Everything.
01:42I don't know what awards there are out there for, like, voiceover roles,
01:45but, like, that is one that, like, just sticks with me
01:47into the, like, all-time...
01:48Oh, there's nothing better than doing voiceovers like that.
01:50It's just the best fun.
01:52Because you get to do all the fun stuff
01:54without having to, like, put your make-up on, do the thing.
01:58It's like, it's such fun doing voiceovers.
02:01Have you ever dared sing Pulling Out for a Hero at karaoke since then?
02:06Because it is, I would say, synonymous with you at this point.
02:09I think someone once asked me if I'd sing it
02:12and I absolutely refused
02:13because it was just too much.
02:15It was really, it's moment in time.
02:18It was the moment in time when I could sing.
02:22We are at this event tonight.
02:24You are, I will say, the guest of honour.
02:26Do you know who else is in the room tonight?
02:28Do you know who else we might be looking out for?
02:29Seeing Tim Spall, legend.
02:33I think Shirley Henderson, legend.
02:37I think there's a great mixture of ages.
02:40And what they're doing is they're,
02:41it's like young actors of note, up-and-coming,
02:44people to watch, which is very exciting, you know.
02:46I'm sure everyone is going to probably ask you for this
02:48and you might have been asked it already.
02:50What is your, like, advice to people who come up to you
02:52wanting career advice and stuff?
02:53You can't give it.
02:54You can't give it.
02:55Never.
02:55I have no idea what to say to people
02:57because the world is so different now
02:59from when we were young.
03:01And the only thing I would ever say is
03:03just do it, just do it, just keep doing it.
03:05Try it out, fail.
03:07You know, how do I write?
03:08I don't know, just write.
03:09How do I do comedy?
03:11Just do comedy.
03:12There is no, there's no formula.
03:15If there's a formula, everyone will be doing it, you know.
03:18Can I take you back?
03:19But don't do it if you're not funny.
03:21That's what I was...
03:22Get funny, then, is the advisor.
03:24Get funny, get funny.
03:25What was the, who was the person in your life
03:28or what was the performance that made you want to set yourself on this path as well?
03:32Who inspired you when you were competing with you?
03:33Oh, just Dawn.
03:33I mean, Dawn French because we were literally having so much fun doing silly sketches.
03:39We just kept it going and saw how long it would last
03:42and it's lasted to hear, so...
03:44And it's so wonderful to see you guys podcasting now as well,
03:46keeping up with, like, you know, the next iteration of entertainment, I guess.
03:48The old podcast or radio show, as I like to call it.
03:53But there we go.
03:53Extended radio show.
03:54That's all they are.
03:55Extended radio show.
03:56Congratulations again.
03:57Thank you so much for your time.
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