Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again.

Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.

Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.

Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.

Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean, uptight, incompetent bully comes naturally to me.

I don't want to hurt people.