So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something I've learned about, because it's the story that keeps you in there. I wrote a libretto and I gave it to John Du Prez. We normally don't work in this fashion but I said off you go, and he went off for about three months. He brought me back this demo which blew my mind.

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.

People who are interested in money are really uninteresting people. They look like Donald Trump.

I just believe in a huge universe of billions of miles.

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

Filming a pirate film is always good fun, with ships and indecent clothing.

One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I was in show business. We decided if we move[d] to L.A., then everyone in one way or another was involved in it.