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.

When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.

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

Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take in front of the audience that you're going to do it again afterwards. A minute after you finish, you just go and do it again. So, there's that sort of safety net. And then if you made a little mistake or two, they'll go pick it up, so there's nothing to worry about.

I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.

Bureaucrats shouldn't be in charge of comedy.

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.