I've got a stag weekend coming up and I've said I'm not doing anything more than a few drinks. I won't have it. I'll go home and watch Antiques Roadshow.

Comedy can't be about continuous success.

You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

Why does everyone have to pretend to be stupid and not know long words?

It's a bit like a fledgeling duck, finding your flippers.