Being a leading man... that's like saying I want to be astronaut. That's not going to happen.

This year, more people will use cocaine than will read a book to their children.

Well, on a personal level, I would never want to take on a character who didn’t have some redeemable qualities. Even the worst of people, such as Michael Scott in The Office [Carell’s character in the US version of the Ricky Gervais sitcom], have some decent human qualities that you can latch onto.

Is there a God? If not, what are all these churches for? And who is Jesus' dad?

That's an interesting way to put it: an expectation of who you should be. More often than not, it's described as an expectation of who you are.

I don't think something necessarily has to be mean or cynical to represent 'edgy.' I think 'edgy' can mean a lot of different things.

I always feel so pretentious talking about comedy and deconstructing it. It always feels somehow self-centred to talk about any sort of process.