The Church at its best is about empowering the disempowered and giving voice to the dispossessed and not putting a price on everything and not being about the bottom line and not worshipping the market or everything that is material.

There's never any graffiti in the hotel. Although in the Gents a couple of weeks ago I did see someone had drawn a lady's part. Quite detailed. The guy obviously had talent.

Two fat ladies, 88! Not that you'd find these ladies at a bingo hall, of course... they're altogether a higher class of fat lady.

I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

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

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.

Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.