Quotes by Barry Cryer

“Like all the good comics, he was a perfectionist - he wouldnt settle for anything less.”

“He was like a chameleon, an amazing character comedian,”

“If you watch him in Porridge and Open All Hours you cant believe its the same person.”

“I seriously put him in the same league as Alec Guinness or Peter Sellers. If he had gone into film he would have been enormous in films as well.”

“It was like an Agatha Christie thriller, trying to work out who this man was.”

“She was gorgeous and very, very funny - not just joke funny. She was a genuine eccentric.”

“Everythings a competition, no matter what we do. We could go outside and walk and see who walks the fastest. I dont like losing, and he dont like losing.”

“It was devastating watching on TV and not being able to do anything. A lot was going on in my mind at the time. It had me really shaken up. I didnt know where half of my family was some days. I was scared that I was going to lose someone really important to me.”

“Why does it take two days for a polaroid of John Major to appear?”