With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun.

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

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've never been insulted by hateful satanists for not believing in their devil. Only by loving Christians for not believing in their God.

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

Just looking at all the faces here reminds me of some of the great work that was done this year . . . by cosmetic surgeons.