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

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.

Thank you God for making me an atheist.

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.

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

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!

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