I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.

There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

The Church at its best is about empowering the disempowered and giving voice to the dispossessed and not putting a price on everything and not being about the bottom line and not worshipping the market or everything that is material.

But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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

Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

The irony is, of course, that many of the values that I was raised with, that I think are very important, that I hold dear, are the result of a religious faith.