I think you're bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It's not something you often do in comedy.

Marketing is what gets you noticed.

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.

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.

The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness - and the other represents oppression.

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.