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" When things start running a bit too well on the tracks, I tend to derail them if I can. "

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" The profession is rife with fear about your age, about your validly, longevity, appearance. It's vanity, and it's hard to sort of avoid all those things; they come at you as an actor. "

" Sometimes it takes you two or three seconds to get your head round a joke and laugh at it. With a snot-bubble laugh, it comes instinctively - almost in spite of yourself. It's caused by something silly - like when a little kid says something unexpectedly bizarre. "

" Writing can make you feel a bit psychotic. You create a world, and you're sitting inside it all day long, talking to people who are not really there. "

" I don't like talking about myself; I'm not good at analysing myself. I don't want to analyse myself. "

" Performers often can be quite socially inept, you know? And even great comedians are like that. "

" We used to have to convince people we were funny, and it didn't always work. "

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" I don't do stand-up anymore. "

" When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters. "

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" Adapting a book doesn't mean the book stops just because you've made a film out of it. "

" I'm always trying to do anything between comedy and horror. "

" It's a weird profession, as I don't really consider myself an actor. I did at one point, and I went and started doing auditions, and I was so useless at them and so demoralised by doing audition after audition and not getting them and also not being able to take it in my stride at all. I just felt crushed and worthless. "

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" In comedy terms, usually when the weather's bad, it goes much better. When it's sunny, people don't come to see comedy gigs because they're all really happy and don't need cheering up. "

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