To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

My dad was in the army so we moved around a lot and I changed schools every year and had to make new friends, and I found that if I was the funny guy I could do that easier.

To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult. I always think that, as long as it's funny underneath, then you can argue that a teaspoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down.

The writer's room is a really interesting place to be.

I think that you can make a drama and have it be intensely funny, and vice versa.

British comedy - which has been a big inspiration to me for many years - is very different to Australian comedy and different again to American comedy.

It's great to write for actors when you know who they are. I think I prefer it.