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“My disability makes me emotional, but it also makes me laugh; the two are not mutually exclusive and I'm comfortable doing both. Joking about it can be a celebration of it, too.”

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Self-deprecating humour is a common form of comedy and it helps get the audience on side because you're being vulnerable.

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When we talk about diversity, sometimes I see things on Twitter about a panel on diversity or a think tank that's been created, and…

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I don't want to be massively buff or anything, but I want to carry on looking after my body.

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I think people forget that when they see you on television, it's not like the camera's gone on and I'm doing what I want.

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When I was growing up I regularly visited a centre to get new prosthetic legs. If anything, I used to look forward to it,…

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I just think there was a time when the good thing about being disabled was you got out of stuff.

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Certainly at Arsenal they've got great facilities, changing facilities for adults who need those and sensory rooms.

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I'm a chav.

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I just wish 'The Last Leg' had been around when I was a kid.

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Once I've sent my mind to something I like to see it through.

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I'm not using Comic Relief to launch my own singing career.

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The more disabled people there are on screen, the more likely that is to have a bigger impact in society.

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