I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

When I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.

The good thing about those original credit card commercials was that they were very "filmic", they were like little movies, so it wasn't a big step to think well maybe we could make a big movie using this character, which we eventually did.

Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.

What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?

It was the challenge of that that I found daunting, but also engaging and interesting [to play Maigret].

The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!