Convoy? Michael, you're hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle.

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

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

I knew lots of Irish ladies in my life who would say daft things and then would just say something incredibly truthful in a very simple way with simple language - a few well chosen words that would take an intellectual five minutes to express. I like that.

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

I like the transience of Klimt paintings.

When I play myself, I want to be a slightly better person. It just agrees. Everything I play about myself is kind of true, but it's amplified. We all edit, don't we? If you're self-aware, you stop yourself - you know how to behave properly.