I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869.

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.

Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.

Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer.

You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say 'I did that.'