It used to be that I was always paranoid or a loser or something so there's usually something that you seem to associate yourself with at one time or another.

To be bothered wherever you go - it's not a rational thing to want at all.

It didn't have to be a newfound respect for the craft, I knew that it's notoriously difficult and frightens a lot of people off. I don't think anyone knows quite who to attribute it to, but the dying actor who says: "dying is easy, comedy is hard." I hear it.

We've always been involved with America - I have a son who lives there and it's a big part of my life.

Hollywood hasn't aggressively pursued me. Neither have I aggressively pursued Hollywood.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

I have a very long relationship with America. My mother grew up there and I felt to some extent that I partly belong there. I was schooled there briefly for about a year.