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" I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well. "

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" Fame is an upshot of what I do. If you're a successful comedian or actor, then you're a famous one. But it's not the driving force. It's a by-product. "

" Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others. "

" People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. "

" It's funny because I was offered film parts the first week after 'The Office' went out. I was sent a script, and I said, 'Who's the lead?' They said, 'We want you to be.' And I said: 'Well, who's going to go and see that? You want John Cusack.' "

" There's nothing wrong with being respected by your peers. There's nothing wrong with trying to do your best. There's nothing wrong with success. There's not even anything wrong with trying to get a raise. There's nothing wrong with that. "

" I remember asking my mum when I was about 13, 'Why are my brothers and sister so much older than me?' And she just said, 'You were a mistake.' And I laughed. "

" I don't know what Trump has to do to lose his supporters. It's like a religion. He's a school bully. "

" Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn't matter what you believe. "

" Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming! "

" Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it. "

" The great thing about being an artist is, we want our work to be seen. "

" I think it's important to hold a mirror up to society and yourself. "

" I don't mind what people say about me as long as it's an opinion or the truth. If someone says, 'He's the worst comedian in the world,' that's fine. If someone says, 'His face makes me want to punch the TV,' that's fine. But if they say, 'Oh, and I know for a fact he hunts squirrels,' I go: no, no, no... that's a lie. "

" I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes. "

" Proper stupidity is fascinating. "

" I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about. "

" I didn't like noisy cinemas when I wasn't famous. "

" I stand by 'I'm not going to do 'The Office' again.' That would be weird: all the same people sitting at the same desks at a paper merchant's in Slough. "

" I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine. "

" I'm an optimist. "

" Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he is or about how many stadiums he can fill, he stops being funny. "

" I lift weights. Then I put them down again. "

" I'd much rather eat exactly what I want, and then burn it off, than diet. "

" I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. "

" I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy. "

" With the Internet era and social media and politics being so out there with the lies, now you've got people denying things they're on camera doing, and then you've got people not really caring about the truth. You've got people supporting people who've done horrific things, but just don't want the other side to get any satisfaction. "

" I was David Bowie-thin up to about 28, and then I discovered food. "

" I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has to be some sort of layer to it. "

" Believe it or not, I work out regularly. "

" I love UFC, vigilante films, and any acts of merciless heroism. "