The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

It's arguably the best newspaper in the world.

I don't want to go around making everyone else agree with me. I don't feel the need to do that.

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.

I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

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