As I get older, I just prefer to knit.
Why does everyone think the future is space helmets, silver foil, and talking like computers, like a bad episode of Star Trek?
A lot of stand-up comedy is embarrassing: too many idiots doing it in orange neckties against brick walls. I find most sitcoms embarrassing, too, because they seem so forced.
My mum would like to see me on the cover of 'Good Housekeeping' demonstrating children's toys with some nice lipstick on.
I've always been a misfit.
I love documentaries, I like observing real people.
I'm sick of environmentalism.
It's sometimes shocking to find out what people really believe in.
I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years.
I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me.
I'm fascinated by Bollywood.
I like infomercials.
You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.
I grew up with Jilly and Tamsin driving Volvos. But I wasn't one of them... I always felt more comfortable with Cockney and working-class people. My heroes were the Beatles and people like Michael Caine.
There's nothing I won't attempt.
I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.
I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.
I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America.
I think serial monogamy says it all.
I've never looked ahead very much in my life. I've never had any grand plan from the outset. I had no burning ambition to do what I do.
