Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby.

When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already... What I love about this is having an idea and seeing it come to fruition on screen. I would like to direct someone else's script one day, but I might not get round to it before I die - you can't legislate for being hit by a bus!

Someone asked me what three things I would save if my house was on fire. I said my cat, my salamander and one of the twins.

People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.

There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives it away that they don't like you as a person. I quite like that as well, because it means that I've won.

I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the audience likes and understands.

The existence of God is not subjective. He either exists or he doesn’t. It’s not a matter of opinion. You can have your own opinions. But you can’t have your own facts.