The 49-year-old British comic admitted he knows that he's not liked by everybody.
He said to British newspaper Metro: 'I'd rather be loved and hated in equal doses than be liked because I do a safe anodyne piece of comedy that no one really bothers with and then just slowly sink into the hot bath of national treasuredom.
'I want to still feel a fire in my belly when I come up with a joke or idea. There are people who hate me with a passion. It keeps them up at night. It doesn't keep me up at night.'