But while he is self-evidently a thoughtful man, questions are invariably met with a playful grin and when he describes why he changed his tiny Smart Car for the marginally bigger Audi A1 his eyes dance mischievously.
'The Smart Car is in France now because last season I nearly had an accident with Aaron Lennon,' he explains.
'We were about to go to Blackpool and at the last minute, when we were at Stansted Airport, they said the game was cancelled, so the manager said, "OK, you can go back home but be careful" because it was cold and icy.
'So we started to drive, me and Aaron, in the Smart Car on the motorway and we made a spin. Three times we spun round and I was so scared. Aaron was like, "Benoit!! Benoit!!" We stopped and I thought, "Oh cool". But then, like in the movies, we looked and heard, "Neeeeeeee!" (He mimics the sound of a horn blasting).
'And I saw a truck coming towards us. I thought, "Oh ****!" I was very scared and Aaron, too.'
Thankfully, the lorry stopped in time and Spurs manager Harry Redknapp was not left searching for a new full-back and winger.
There was one casualty, however, as Assou- Ekotto admits: 'After that I said, "No more Smart Car in the winter!"'
This winter the more pressing issue is Tottenham's title challenge.
He's cracking up, he's cracking up, he's cracking, Spurf is cracking up! 
