Sally Phillips: ‘I saw Hugh Grant and I screamed. I was surprised he was human-size’

Sally Phillips: ‘Showing your vulnerabilities is actually what everyone’s desperate for.’ Photograph: Pip Photograph: /Pip

What do people approach you about most: Smack the Pony, Bridget Jones, Alan Partridge or shoving cake into Alex Horne’s armpits?

I profile them as they come up. If it’s a man about my age, it would normally be Alan Partridge. If it’s a man in his 30s, it might be Taskmaster or Veep. If it’s a woman, it’s harder to tell. Smack the Pony seems to be having a revival among women in their 20s but it could easily be Bridget Jones and Miranda. It’s starting to happen with Austin, too, which seems to be something that families watch together.