I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

The most interesting characters are those you're drawn to, then repelled by, and then come to understand. All that tension - I live that. But I don't plan the tension. It's just something that should happen.

I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.

It's also that comedians don't have the kind of narcissism that actors have. They're writers who perform their own material. It's more interesting. And they're sexy because they risk more. Stand-up comedians risk more than anyone.

Eccentricity is what's sexy in people.