I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.

I love people where, at the end of the day, they'll pick up a paintbrush and paint clouds. They can physically make things.

One of the problems with episodic television of any color is that everything has got to be okay at the end of the episode so it can start again next week. So the events that occur are rarely life-changing. But with film, you can say that this thing only happened once; this is a major thing that happened to these people.

Chris Addison is a stand-up comic, but his ability to act is extraordinary, to be so natural, I've taken 25 years just getting to that level.

I'm not an extravagant man. The fact that I can have a coffee out whenever I want still makes me feel grateful.

The older I get, the more I think lightness of touch is an incredibly difficult thing to do.

When I first came to London, I loved hanging around in cafes, smoking, scribbling, dreaming. It was life-affirming and fun.