We haven't made any particular decision [on Maigret], I haven't been asked if I want to carry on with it. All these things are a matter of whether you feel as though the idea is developing and whether it's still interesting to play.

I have a problem with Porsches. They're wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one. Somehow, the typical Porsche people-and I wish them no ill-are not, I feel, my kind of people. I don't go around saying that Porsches are a pile of dung, but I do know that psychologically I couldn't handle owning one.

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

I would never wish to say that I've finally waved goodbye to any character, it's just that the emphasis tends to shift.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.