My family, and an unfeasibly large number of tennis shirts. . . I have 13 in all.

You wouldn't know it but I'm very good at. . .

Down hill slalom ski-ing in the Alps.

You wouldn't know it but I'm very bad at. . .

Impressions.

I really admire. . .

Optimistic people and I am hopeful that one day I become one.

A film that had a big effect on me. . .

Midnight Run, a film with Charles Grodin and Robert de Niro. It seemed to affect all young men at that time.

Every one was going round pretending to be American and saying shut the fcuk up.

When I was a child I wanted to be. . .

An airline pilot and a footballer.

If I wasn't me I'd like to be. . .

Brendan Fennelly, an engineer down the road.

My fail safe dinner party dish is. . .

My girlfriend.

I'm really good at. . .

Talking around issues.

I wish I'd never worn. . .

A pair of pink ories and some bens runners in 1977, and a white Starsky and Hutch style bomber jacket with two blue strips in 1978. I wore it for one night in the convent field in Sutton (22 June) and got slagged so effectively that I never wore it again.

The one place I want to visit. . .

Any of the major continents, but apart from that nowhere really.

I really dislike people. . .

Who are very unclever but have a lot to say. I also dislike selfish persons with a class A ability to manipulate. . . scheming me feiners. May you all meet with a befitting fate!

Add to that list persons with lofty notions and no humility, and persons who wear a lot of biege. I could go on. . .

My ultimate Sunday would be spent. . .

On a Friday Gary Cooke will be in 'I, Keano' which returns to the Olympia Theatre for a limited run from 17 January