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" I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. "

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" It's like a woman's birthright to knit. It's primal. It's timeless. You don't need electricity to knit. You can do it with a candle, girls! "

" I don't see myself as a stand-up comic doing cynical, mean-spirited or disrespectful stuff. I'm very aware that I don't like to disrespect people too much. "

" I love John Waters. There's stuff in it that's beyond the boundaries of my taste, but his movies have always been like that. "

" There's nothing I won't attempt. "

" I never wanted to do political satire because it seems too surface to me. "

" I'm fascinated by Bollywood. "

" I became an American in 2006. It got me thinking about what is my America and what's my perception of America. "

" I've always had to create my own markets and I've always been at a juncture in my career. "

" I'm usually put off by performers when they get political. "

" I hope I never get so hard up I have to do advertisements. I've gotten ridiculous offers. "

" My influences were Peter Sellers and the great British character actors. "

" 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. "

" I like infomercials. "

" As I get older, I just prefer to knit. "

" I like going to France, because no one knows who I am. "

" I think serial monogamy says it all. "

" An M.P. once suggested I be put in the Tower of London for saying derogatory things about the royals. There's no First Amendment in my country. "

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" As you get older, you realize it's work. It's that fine line between love and companionship. But passionate love? I'd love to know how to make that last. "

" I just love to impersonate people, and I impersonate people because I find them fascinating. "

" It's funny - if you impersonate somebody, they have no idea it's them. "

" I'm not a film snob. "

" The show I did in England catered to a broad range of people. I like that. I don't want nouveau cult status, though I know we've got that sort of audience in the states. "

" It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me. "

" 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. "

" I like being the odd one out in L.A. Because if you conform, you become something you hate. I love being the odd one out. It's not about 'Look at me! Look at me!' It's about really becoming someone else. "

" I wish I could believe that one person could make a difference. "

" I don't get very involved in the L.A. scene. When you do get invited out, you are expected to be on all the time. It's just wearying. "

" 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. "