I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way.

There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.

I actually started working on Madagascar before my daughter was born.

The big-name stars . . . are always going to be playing what they've played before if they want to remain so-called A-list stars. That's why someone like Johnny Depp is doing more interesting roles not caring about the size of the movie.

When you're doing a comedy and you want to somehow satirise people who are taking themselves seriously, I think the most serious genre is the thing you're going to get the most out of. If you're trying to satirise a comedy, it's hard to do that - it doesn't really work as well. But I love the war movie genre and I'm a fan of all those movies that are part of what this movie is.

I have a lot of nervous energy. Work is my best way of channelling that into something productive unless I want to wind up assaulting the postman or gardener.