Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -­- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn’t get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn’t hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition.

The service in L.A. is the best. You don't get sarcastic, surly, fed-up waiters and waitresses like you do in England. They're good at their job and they're there for the customer. The only depressing thing is a lot of them have written more screenplays than me.

The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.

I've got three friends that you'd call famous, but I'm sure after 20 years, most of my friends will be famous or work in television, because that's the nature of what your work is. When I was working in an office, most of my friends worked in offices.

I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.