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

Sometimes to think about why some institutions are stable, it's interesting to go one generation back and look at the author of that stability.

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird.

It does help to actually realize that however stunning the person who is, you know, fluttering eyelashes at you, she doesn't do anything to match up to your wife.

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.

They said: "Make it in this amount of time and go for it now..." Which is why I was suddenly ambushed and we all found ourselves doing it. I suspect this wasn't quite recognisable in its genre to give people the confidence just to throw money at it.

Less racist now but it has been. I don't think it's been completely stamped out. There's a class element to it. And who's supposed to do what. You're very unlikely to get a gay grip.