I guess I'm an atheist. But I would say I have very good relationships with the priests that I grew up with. I was an altar boy growing up, and the men of God in my life have always been really lovely, intelligent, well-informed, kind men. So I feel very loyal to their beliefs as much as anything else.

Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.

I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.

I grew up in a house of forthright women.

Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.

The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.