I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.

Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally.

Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better

I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.

I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that.

I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.

I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people.