Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.

That's the key to comedy: allowing yourself to look stupid

I'd just like to retire quietly with dignity, secure in the knowledge that no more comedies will ever be made now that I'm gone.

I'll quit coffee. It won't be easy drinking my Bailey's straight, but I'll get used to it. It'll still be the best part of waking up.

Nobody's ever kept their sitcom character going after the show's off the air.

That's what I like to do: bring out the best in people.

I like to take chances, and that's the key to comedy -- dancing like an idiot but doing it with wild abandon.