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

It’s our imperfections that make us vulnerable, make us interesting. How can I make myself a bit of an asshole and still have humanity about it?

If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.

I am not a politician going around bragging about family values or putting myself on some ridiculous virtuous pedestal. I write comedy. And I am an actor. I am not going to solve the nation's problems. I don't actually spend my life in the way the tabloids like to think I do. I actually spend 95 percent of it writing comedy. Sober. Well, nearly sober anyway.

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

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.