The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive.

I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live.

All of us write wish fulfillment.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.