My father was always a straight-up funny guy. He was silly. He was my inspiration.

At every point I wished that I was born English. They need to make it colder in here. You could hang meat in this room. But, yeah...I grew up in a very English household. My folks were from Liverpool. I've said this before, but there is nothing more English than an Englishman that no longer lives in England.

I love making stuff. There's a joy in having the first molecule of an idea, then testing it in front of audiences at secret shows that people only know about the day before. I videotape those, study them, enjoy being in the character and figuring out the movie.

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 involved with Shrek for eleven years, so you'd better like Shrek if you're going to be involved with it for eleven years. I do, I like it a great deal, so I enjoy it.

If I went by all the rejection I've had in my career, I should have given up a long time ago.

I loved the logistical reality of a guy who wants to take over the world, yet who has a family too.