You can't make Christ funny. He's self-aware, he's too flexible within the situation. It's rigidity, it's when the ego takes over and the behavior becomes inappropriate that it becomes funny.

The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

What I've always wanted to do is be as funny as possible.

The English contribution to world cuisine: the chip.

I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got.

I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat.