You cant be a casual observer of something humorous - you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work.

I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. Its like rock'n'roll here. Britain's a funny place and there's a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation.

I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy.

It's not something that's at the forefront of my mind, but I think I'd regret it if I didn't have children.

I had to escape the destruction of my fathers bankruptcy and all that difficulty.

You get a lot of people requesting photographs but I tend to keep myself to myself, pull my cap down.