Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I don't like comedy that I think is bad comedy, where people are trying to be sick for the sake of it, where there's no intellectual point behind it. I like stuff that's got an underlying point of view.

I like the British public. There is something in this country called tall poppy syndrome. You're good but you're not that good, pal, OK? The natural state of our nation is slightly miserable, and probably the healthier for it. In America you don't get a key down the side of your Bentley.

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

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

Even if I screw up in my personal life, as long as I'm not destroying myself, I just think, "Okay, I screwed up." I'm not Mother Theresa.

No one has a monopoly on wisdom, and even for people who aren't religious, you can learn things from religious people.