When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.

I'm a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.

All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve.

The important thing is not to be defined by what others think of you.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.