I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog.

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

Name anything - high-definition TV, computer obsolescence - and I'm pretty much annoyed by it.

Disappointment is an endless wellspring of comedy inspiration.

All I can do is just do what I can do and not be hampered by knowing that some people won't like it.

I've been doing interviews for years, and in all that time, I've virtually never read one and gone, 'Yep, factually and tonally that's exactly what happened.' Pretty much never.

I've always loved Christmas and that's not really gone away from me from being a child to now. It's always a magical time and I'm unashamed in my love for Christmas.