With three smash hit shows under his belt in as many years, comedian Will Smith has turned his painfully obsessive mind to the distressing loss of childhood innocence.

In between wondering how children have managed to metamorphose from the obedient well-mannered infants of yesteryear into the obese, lawbreaking drug-addled brigands of today, he took time out to answer our questions.

Much has been said about your poshness. How would you sum up being posh?

Opening doors for ladies, not being able to dance, being scared of the kids from the estate.

As Joanna Lumley says: "You don't have to be posh to be privileged," and you don't have to be privileged to be posh. Do you consider yourself privileged? If so, Why?

Absolutely. Most of us in this country are living in luxury compared to the rest of the planet, and so far, I've had a brilliant time I'm doing what I've always wanted to do and have met and worked with my heroes.

Do you think men are funnier than women?

No, not intrinsically, it's just culturally carved out as a role for men. Autism is more prevalent in men than women and a lot of comedy is about obsession and mania, there may be a link there.

When did you decide you wanted to be a comedian?

When I was five or six and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's Perfect Day on TV.

Have you always been the funny guy among your peers?

Kind of. My hobby has definitely become my job. I was funny in class, I organised shows, made films, did magazines etc. Everyone else was out drinking and getting laid, losers.

Do you feel pressure to be funny off-stage?

No. I still like to be funny socially, it's a huge part of me, but I don't feel the need to rise to the bait if someone wants me to prove I'm a comedian.

What makes you laugh?

Laurel and Hardy, Fawlty Towers, Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Airplane, Naked Gun, Team America, Larry Sanders, Arrested Development. And toddlers running forwards but managing to fall backwards.

What makes you cry?

Davina McCall's chatshow, Lee Ryan talking.

When do you think you finally leftyour teenage self behind?

I either skipped my teenage years, or they're just around the corner. I went from being 12 to being about 40. I've never smoked, I don't really drink, my career has been my big act of rebellion. Although I am partial to crack.

What was the scariest thing about your own adolescence? And adulthood?

Well, we ran wild on the streets of Jersey in the Eighties, it was out of control. A lot of people I was on the up with, they didn't make it through. But you gotta play the Game, or the Game plays you. And that's the way I roll.

Misplaced Childhood has been described as "a nerdily likeable stroll through one man's painfully awkward upbringing" how do you see it?

That's about it. It's me obsessing about stuff which happened so long ago everyone else has forgotten about it. But the Jersey rock scene lives on...

How did the Joy Of No Sex come about?

My writing partner Rog is also a brilliant illustrator, and we really wanted to use that, so we thought the Joy Of Sex was a great spoof to go for. Our version is about a guy who can't cope with, and is very bad at, sex. It's a persona. I don't know how I wrote it.

The Joy Of No Sex is published by Penguin and is available from all good book shops, £10.

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