Even though I didn't write 'Shaun Of The Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz,' I never felt left out of the creative process.

The zeitgeist is ever-changing. If you try second guess what people want, you'll miss it.

I wanted to write rather than do anything else. But 'cause I left school at 15, I didn't know what a noun was, still don't.

And remember, the people that you've seen here tonight are professionals, so please don't try any of this at home, because you are ugly and hung like a hampster.

There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.

If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out.

I volunteered on a farming community in Israel for two years when I was a teenager. One of the jobs involved clearing out a massive warehouse full of chickens ready for the abattoir. The smell of 40,000 chickens in 45C is awful.