Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.

I was just interested in directing. So I just kept having a go at trying to write little scripts and get things together, and my wife just had a slip of the tongue and said, "Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life" when she meant to say "Frank Capra's." There it is right there. That's a gag that we could make into something.

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

A girl once came to my beery flat in Kensal Green, opened the blinds and cooked me breakfast. I married her.

I found American actors quite scary because they're brilliant actors and brilliantly funny, and they never stopped once you wound them up... off they went and they just deliver fantastic stuff.

I can't imagine I'll be the new George Clooney. That's not really in the cards.

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC.