Anything I shouldn't laugh at makes me laugh. I mean, I'm bad at that, when somebody is singing something terribly and I'm thinking to myself, 'If I laugh now, this is the absolute worst thing I could ever do,' and then I start laughing and I can't stop.

The young people working for me are ambitious and hard-working. That work ethic has always been a trait of the British.

I can't think of one person who is on TV who isn't vain. It's the nature of the beast. If you are on TV then you have a vanity, for sure. Just admit it! Why not?

I grew up when the whole Motown thing was huge. The charts in those days were dominated by groups more than solo artists at one point.

It's not our intention to be mean. That's just within us.

Linda McCartney sausages were my favorite. Theyre much better than eating real sausages and you dont have to contemplate half way through exactly whats inside them. ... You can have them, a bit of fried bread, tinned tomatoes. Delicious.

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself.