I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family - it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner; everyone knows everyone and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to sit.

I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself.

As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe we're more likely to give it credence, while the opposite is not true.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?

I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.

Always start where the energy is.