The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there... Not the other way around!

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

I would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.

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

No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.