Whenever you take on playing a villain, he has to cease to be a villain to you. If you judge this man by his time, he's doing very little wrong.

Whenever you take on playing a villain, he has to cease to be a villain to you. If you judge this man by his time, he's doing very little wrong.

I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of good, original writing.

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.

You have to be ill if you want to get better.

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

Almost every comedy you see is about people making all wrong choices and making all the errors of judgement possible. Good comedy is when it works on this scale. Because it is psychologically very real.