Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.

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

The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man [Maigret] is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.

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