I pay taxes in three countries, but can't vote in any of them.

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name.

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.

There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write Python and five or six who act it. That's what makes it unique.

Even if you've written something for print, I think it's good to try [it] out on someone because it changes. You can think it's hilarious and they can tell you it's not.

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.