I often don't like seeing how different things are made. I'm not a big fan of behind the scenes stuff.

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.

I want to do different projects and be versatile. I don't want to get fixed into narrative comedy.

I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.

It's always difficult when you want to do something really new, and you also want it to reach the masses, because the majority of people want to see what they've already seen before, or that they're already familiar with. To open the majority of peoples' minds to something new is difficult.

I always found it really funny when actors would come offstage, smoking cigarettes and swearing at each other.

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.