I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end.

When you see a crowd of people jumping up and down at a pop concert, all gloriously in the moment, I don't think you'll ever see a comedian there. They'll all be standing at the sides, looking at how it all fits together.

I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig. Where I'm just a hired gun, I don't have to have an opinion on anything.I never got involved in all this stuff because I wanted to control stuff; I got involved in writing and producing because I wasn't getting interesting acting gigs. In a way I'm grateful that I didn't get interesting roles, because it made me pull my finger out and do some work.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don't have to read books anymore.

It's arguably the best newspaper in the world.