ACTOR and comedian Paddy McGuinness was born in 1973 in Farnworth, near Bolton.

After working as a waiter, warehouse worker, lifeguard and holiday rep, he appeared in That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights and Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere.

He lives in Bolton and his new DVD, Paddy McGuinness: All Star Balls Ups, is out now.

He spoke to us.

IF YOU HAD TO BE STUCK IN A LIFT WITH SOMEONE, WHO WOULD IT BE?
Flavia off Strictly Come Dancing. Why? Just have a look at her and there's your answer.

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
Probably flying. The first time I got on a plane I was about 16. You're pretty fearless at that age and you don't worry about anything much. Now I'm giving it What's that noise? The furthest I've ever flown was to LA and that was 10 hours. I had four Diazepam. The doctor said: Whatever you do when you take these, don't drink. And I remembered it as I was on my fourth double vodka. He was right.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPERSTITIONS?
I'm a very superstitious person. actually. In the back of my mind I think it's not right, it's not true, but if there is a ladder, I won't walk underneath it and if I see one magpie I think one for sorrow. I think most people are like that really.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ONLY ONE SONG ON YOUR iPOD, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
White Room by Cream.

WHAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING YOU'VE BOUGHT, NOT INCLUDING PROPERTY?
My car. It's a Range Rover Sport.

WHAT'S THE BEST PIECE OF ADVICE YOU'VE BEEN GIVEN?
I wasn't given it as advice. I more or less learned it as I went along really. Sometimes you should just keep things to yourself a little more. Say if I got a call tomorrow: 'Daniel Craig's got a bit of a bad back, they need a new James Bond and you're in the running for it McGuinness,' and I've said 'I've only been asked to do James Bond,' and it never happens, then you look a bit of a fool. I'd probably say just keep things to yourself until you're 100 per cent sure. If Daniel Craig is reading this, watch your back son!

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED AND WHY?
Probably like most people it was over a film. One film that does make me cry is The Shawshank Redemption.

WHAT'S YOUR INDULGENCE?
I love DVDs.

HOW ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ARE YOU?
I'm just having my new house renovated. All the lighting is these new bulbs they've brought out now where they use less than what a normal bulb would use and everything I could get hold of is energy saving, dishwashers and stuff like that.

HOW MANY TEXTS DO YOU SEND IN A DAY?
Quite a few. Between 15 and 30.

WHO'S THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON IN YOUR MOBILE?
There are quite a few in there but I don't think it would go down too well if I started talking about it.

WHAT ITEM COULD YOU NOT LIVE WITHOUT?
Kitchen roll. It drives me mad if I lift the bin lid up, I feel as though my hands are totally contaminated, so I have to wash my hands and if there's no kitchen towel there's problems.

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
A couple of inches off my stomach.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING ON HOLIDAY?
I'm in the process of getting somewhere abroad. Because of my fear of flying, I don't worry too much about holidays.

WHAT WERE YOU DOING THIS TIME YESTERDAY?
Mixing plaster at my new house for the walls.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING THIS TIME TOMORROW?
I'll be in London. I'm a guest on a show and the day after I'm filming with Leigh Francis for his new Keith Lemon character; the guy from Bo Selecta.