The grass isn't always greener on the other side!

Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming!

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

To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it.

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.

Thank you God for making me an atheist.

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them.