This is the extraordinary thing about creativity: If just you keep your mind resting against the subject in a friendly but persistent way, sooner or later you will get a reward from your unconscious.

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.

The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?

The great thing about Florida is you - each city's about two hours' drive from everywhere else.

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.