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

It was mainly to do with Helen Hunt, to be honest. That's what drew my attention to it. I was interested in the fact that she was going to be directing. I'd never met her but she projects a degree of intelligence and it was convincing t me that she'd be able to handle this sort of material very well.

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.

Because I am an Englishman I spent most of my life in a state of embarrassment.

I don't know if this qualifies as gentle reassurance, but right now this is all that stands between me and a Harley-Davidson.

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.

I have a great deal of respect for the craft, I don't know how much respect it has for me. But it's a precision process. Doing it on stage would be, I think, terrifying. Doing it on film has its own difficulties, because film is not conducive to spontaneity. You might have a run through and get a few chuckles at eight o'clock in the morning, but you don't keep laughing at the same thing all day long.