I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

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

Guide dogs for the blind. It's cruel really, isn't it? Getting a dog to lead a man round all day. Not fair on either of them.

In England, I've done a whole bunch of stuff where I just make a complete ass of myself. I've been doing it for 20 years, so I just gravitate toward it anyway. I'd rather do that than do the stuff where I'm supposed to be trying to look cool in some way. It's more interesting to me.

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.