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" That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it. "

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" I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much. "

" When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins. "

" Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail. "

" There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. "

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

" Where there's a will - there's a relative! "

" I didn't know I was poor, growing up, because everyone was in the same boat. I couldn't have bikes. It never really bothered me, but I could have any book. I loved school; I loved learning. Yeah, I never cared for possessions. I still don't, really. "

" People now live their lives like an open wound to be famous - they do bad things because they're rewarded for it. "

" 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. "

" Free speech is one of the most important things to me, but I think it gets confusing when it comes to offense. Because for one, just because you have the right to say anything, it doesn't mean you have to. "

" I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn't have that at the Oscars. "

" With Netflix, I browse; I watch documentaries about things I'd never dream of, but I think, 'I might as well.' "

" Stephen Merchant looks like a Muppet. I mean, he looks like Beaker. "

" I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder. "

" My career, I look at it in a Darwinian framework. I'm going to do exactly what I want, and I'm going to survive, or I'm not. I'm not going to pander. I'm not going to change things. I'm not going to do focus groups. I'll live and die by the sword. I don't care. Because I couldn't live with myself. "

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

" I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian. "

" When I was growing up, I didn't like cheese. I had to wean myself onto cheese. "

" Humor is to get us over terrible things. "

" Proper stupidity is fascinating. "

" I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them. "

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

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

" Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me. "

" Let's be honest here: Twitter, for me, is 90 per cent a marketing tool. "

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

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

" Even I can't talk about myself for an hour. "

" When I go to work, I don't want to make depressing, gritty, urban stories that are depressing to watch. I want to give people something to enjoy. When people think I'm a control freak and an ogre - which I am - it's only because I want my work to be accessible and Everyman, in a way. "