I'm not careful with my money at all these days. I buy people a lot of dinners!

If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.

John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.

Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.

Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.

We never have that thought! The whole object is to bite off more than you can chew. John [Du Prez] always says, Eric thinks of something completely insane and insists we go in that direction. It's the correct way to look at things and the correct place to start, I think.

My wife, Tania, is very big on dogs, so I'm always paying out to animal charities.