Lance Armstrong pushes the envelope in terms of the human experience. You can have a personal best, you can push your own envelope. For Lance, the person pushing him is him. The only person he's competing with, I think, is himself. To push that limit to the next step. There's a lot to learn from him. Lots.

People say that I'm a tree hugger, but I do a lot more than hug trees. I like having my drinking water without faecal matter, that's really nice. Or acceptable levels of strychnine. I'm an air breather, I've gotten used to that over the years.

A lot of celebrities golf because they want to be away. For them it's a chance to get away and be peaceful. For me it's peaceful to ride [cycling].

I've always improvised, and stand-up was this great release. All of a sudden, it was just me and the audience.

You could talk about same-sex marriage, but people who have been married (say) 'It's the same sex all the time.'

You need a touch of madness, just enough that you don't become stupid!

If you're going to do a movie about the Village, it's pretty nice to shoot in the village and not be in Toronto.