There is no more terrible fate for a comedian than to be taken seriously.

I love Australia - I think.

Friendship is tested in the thick years of success rather than in the thin years of struggle.

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It's worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.

The whole point of art, aside from the aesthetic pleasure it yields, is that it provides a bridge to the past; that seductive land where we all find certainty and consolation. Nothing quite spans this gulf with such immediacy as the art of popular song.

Never be afraid to laugh at yourself, after all, you could be missing out on the joke of the century.

He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne.