"I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare."

"I'm just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That's not to say that there's something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just can't stop watching, like a car crash."

"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."

"The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny."

"You know, fame is a funny thing, man, especially, you know, actors, musicians, rappers, rock singers, it's kind of a lifestyle and it's easy to get caught up in it - you go to bars, you go to clubs, everyone's doing a certain thing... It's tough."

"Because I've done so many hour dramas, people tend to think of you as more of a dramatic actor and don't see you as doing comedy."

"Bands from Akron have a sense of humor and don't tend to take themselves too seriously."

"He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites."