I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing.

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?

I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.