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.

Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

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.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

I like the fact that people come together who have shared values, but I don't believe that a man died 2,000 years ago and was crucified on a cross to save me from my original sin.

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.

London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.