Although I had good hand-eye coordination, I was so tall and skinny and muscularly weak that I just was not well coordinated. But what I started to do quite early on was watch some of the great old silent comedians, like Laurel and Hardy and Chaplin, and then later on Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a mistake.

There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.

Your Mother was A Hamster and you Father Smelled of elder berries.

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.

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