The movies have a way of seeping out there over time. We don't put them in 2,000 theaters. It wouldn't work that way.

I painted sets before I ever performed.

Comedy is like music. You have to know the key and you have to find players with good chops.

I spent more time in America, but I developed a very English sense of humour. I clicked into it deeply with Peter Sellers, who is still probably my favourite comedian.

Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician.

I'm married to the person I fell in love with.

In real life, people fumble their words. They repeat themselves and stare blankly off into space and don't listen properly to what other people are saying. I find that kind of speech fascinating but screenwriters never write dialogue like that because it doesn't look good on the page.