I tell Jane, 'Look, I've got an idea' and she says, 'Please don't say that in public'

RICKY Gervais turns 65 in June and could be forgiven for feeling exhausted with a workload that includes a new tour and animation series while also in the running for a Golden Globes award.

- BY MARC BAKER

The comedian admits he tires more easily these days but also told of his love of napping, or "taking a Churchill".

He says: "I don't know what it will be like for people to see me at 70. I'm already sort of grumpy and I shuffle around." However, he adds: "I'm a big napper. I was once offered the part of Winston Churchill. I turned it down as it would have been terrible. It would have been three hours in make-up and puffing a cigar.

"Funnily enough, Churchill famously took a nap every day, even during the war, he'd get full pyjamas between the sheets. We call it 'taking a Churchill'. I took a Churchill this morning." With his busy lifestyle, Ricky likes to travel by private jet when possible and turn his gigs into 48-hour breaks.

Holiday

He says: "I do the most luxurious tour possible. I do two or three nights away at the most and four nights home." Sometimes his partner of 43 years, Jane Fallon, goes with him. He says: "She comes to all the good places. She comes to America, Canada, all the lovely places in Europe. I make it a little weekend break.