I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.
I'm not careful with my money at all these days. I buy people a lot of dinners!
John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
Subversion is what I do.
If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I always tip more than people expect.
I think comedy's often the little and the large, isn't it?