America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.

It's better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!!

I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've heard a car tire screech and 30 people went to the window. That was a piece of excitement in their day, that a car might have had to stop quickly, you know. You don't need dinosaurs, you know.

Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!

Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better