If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the moment when I think of something. And then the challenge is how to get that funny idea to work in terms of the structure and that kind of thing, which is - and that's what I really love doing.

My hovercraft is full of eels.

I think it takes a long time, as you get older, to realize just how crazy the world is, just how ridiculous it all is.

I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.

You go in and meet the head of BBC One and get an assurance about not dumbing down. And then, of course a few months later, he's been replaced by someone you haven't met.