People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case. I rarely joke unless I'm in front of a camera. It's not what I am in real life. It's what I do for a living.

We all know many people who have been through this reality, and how it changes them. This happens to be an area I know something about. It's a virus.

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.

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.

You can't really dust for vomit.

I painted sets before I ever performed.

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.