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Jonathan Ross welcomes Barry Manilow, Eva Mendes and Alan Davies

Barry Manilow on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (image: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ/Hot Sauce)

Jonathan Ross welcomes Barry Manilow, Eva Mendes and Alan Davies to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's Friday Night With Jonathan Ross.

Barry Manilow says he didn't want fame: "I didn't want to be a performer, I hated it."

And he didn't enjoy success: "My life changed overnight, everything went upside down, I was on Mars for the first three years, it happened so quickly... I can't imagine what it does to you now."

He says the British fans are the best in the world: "When they love you here they love you forever."

Barry says he hated Elvis – "Elvis wasn't rock 'n' roll... wasn't my thing" – and doesn't like pop – "I force myself to listen to pop."

But says Jonathan has the "big nose" to play him in a forthcoming bio-pic.

Barry also performs classic material live in the studio.

Eva Mendes reveals she dreams of appearing in a Mike Leigh film: "I wrote to him, I always write to people I want to work with."

And she can make herself ugly: "I'm unconventional, I can make myself not as cute – play it up or play it down."

She started in music videos but quit when asked to play a "ho".

Alan Davies says of Big Brother: "I stopped watching... I didn't like it when they put raging lunatics in there."

He owns the original diary chair and says he might put it on eBay.

And he announces a new Jonathan Creek special for next year.

A Hotsauce TV production.

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, 10.35pm, Friday 11 September 2009, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One

Notes to Editors

These quotes are taken verbatim from a studio recording and may not necessarily reflect the content of the final transmitted version of the programme.

JP

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