All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up.

No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly.

My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal, very clever, very witty.

The best comedy is where you attack the strong, not the weak.

I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'