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

If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

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.

I don't like big feet. It reminds me of gammon.

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

All drama teachers are very effusive, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical. Those people don't work in banks and they don't work for pharmaceutical companies. They teach drama, or they may be theatre directors. That's why I love people who are openly gay in theatre, because they have license to do what they like, and there's a kind of artistic liberal tolerance thing that goes on.

That was liquid football