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" What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity. "

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" 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. "

" 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.' "

" 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. "

" If I just cut out the food, I'd have a six-pack. I'd look like Matthew McConaughey. "

" I could always take a joke. I could always be the butt of the joke. I could always hand it out. That was just who I was. "

" Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are. "

" I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah. "

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

" I think I'm pretty self-aware. "

" Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away. "

" I wanted to be clever, but being funny came first. That's how you know someone is clever. They don't come out and tell you pi to 13 places - they tell you a joke. "

" A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That's luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that's a disgusting attitude, revolting. "

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

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

" If I was a research scientist, I'd want people to say, 'You know what, he's a great research scientist, that Ricky Gervais. He's really good, really good.' You know, I'd go to award ceremonies for research scientists and go, 'Yeah, I really worked hard, yeah.' It's brilliant. "

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

" I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and they get a round the applause. I think, 'Well that's not a joke. That's just your biased opinion.' "

" 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. "

" You give up a lot being an atheist. "

" I like flying to New York from London. It's like a day off for me. No phone or e-mails. Food, wine, iPod, movies, snoozing. "

" 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. "

" I don't care whether people say, ''The Office' is rubbish, 'Extras' is worse, 'Flanimals' is a waste of time. He's not funny; he never has been. I hate him.' I don't mind that at all. In fact, not only do I expect it, I celebrate it, because I think the haters are really important. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" I like grown-up comedy, where it's about character and attitude and life as opposed to obvious gross-out and jokes. "

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