My father was a very funny man, and one of my strongest recollections is hearing him laugh. He didn't like people who had no sense of humour.

Everywhere I go, people come up to me on the street and ask me if there’s going to be another one!

I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working.

The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire. Discuss.

Anyone who tells you fatherhood is the greatest thing that can happen to you, they are understating it.

Comedy. It was just huge in my house. Peter Sellers and Alec Guinness, Monty Python and all those James Bond movies were highly regarded.

Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young.