I don't go around thinking of myself as a great anything.

It's easy to smile when you have a squirrel's intellect.

Some people have told me that I'm grumpy; it's not something that I'm aware of. It's not like I walk around poking children in the eye... not very small ones, anyway.

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.

It should not be an act of social disobedience to light a cigarette. Unless you're actually a doctor working at an incubator.

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.

I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme.