My mum never understood how much I earned. When I told her I earned a million pounds a film, she said, 'How much is that?'

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

I have been rich and I have been poor. I know which one I prefer.

One of the great things with comedy is that there's no such thing as a mediocre comedy; it's either uproarious or crap. That's the problem.

Use the difficulties - if you can't avoid them

We should vote for the welfare of the country, not for the welfare of the party.

I read books like mad, but I am careful to to let anything I read influence me.