England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the First World War… I love it.

I've seen the Pokémon movie, which is probably the worst movie ever made on any subject ever.

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

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?'

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.

There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You.

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