But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself.

Martin Jarvis was to have played the part originally but I think I had longer hair or something, I know not.

I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode.

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic.

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.

It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible.

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for.

Admire all the stars, but what you really must admire is your very own Sun, the cosmic candle of our beloved Earth!

If you looked at Jeb Bush's campaign, it's more than just money. It's the nature of the candidate and the message and all that stuff.

Maybe wanting to retire is my ambition.

Yea, Paris is a festive ton -- a festive Ton for all! Skate o'er on joy -- Thin crust of gilded, polished joy! What matters it if Hell's beneath?

It's impossible to stall a Lizzie.

Spring was running in a thin green flame over the valley.

My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not lyric.

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

Usually, I end up being the frumpy or mentally challenged or in 'Reasons to Be Pretty', regular. Or a weirdo. I play a lot of weirdos.

A dog, however nice he is, and sweet-tempered, doesn't have much of a range of options. A human being does.