Armando Iannucci is one of my heroes. As I was growing up, he was probably the most influential comic voice that I had.

Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.

It's exciting to have a role in anything that's Claymation, just because you're always intrigued by what a clay wizard version of yourself would be.

Stand-up, for me, is really more of an addiction, so you have to feed the beast whenever you can.

Americans just don't understand dry wit.

Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'

People are friendlier in New York than London.