The job is the same - to attempt to make it sound like you've never said it before and as if it's just occurred to you. And that's the same whether you're on camera or whether you're on stage in a room full of people.

I don't even own a car.

I don't dislike the process of animation... I find it daunting, but only as much as I find everything daunting.

When you have a family, or even when you're just seeing a girl, it's difficult to be skint.

Anyone who can do the splits and come back up on the backbeat, as James Brown and Prince can, has my eternal respect. Prince, who is a genius of the highest order, can come back up while singing and playing the guitar.

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

I am a fan of rehearsal. I like doing it [scene] over and over and over and over until it looks like you never did it before.