You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.

A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.

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 Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail.

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