I'm getting older , so I'm quieting down a bit.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

I don't like big feet. It reminds me of gammon.

If things don't come easy to you, you have to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

The truth is somewhere in the middle of funny and serious.

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

You’re dangerous, ” he says.“Why?”“Because you make me believe in the impossible

Quit counting fans, followers and blog subscribers like bottle caps. Think, instead, about what you're hoping to achieve with and through the community that actually cares about what you're doing.

Life is magical. There is something wonderful in being alive, in having within one's self all sorts of possibilities.

We cannot, of course, save the World because we do not have authority over its parts. We can serve the world though. That is everyone's calling, to lead a life that helps.

One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.

As long as I look into the muzzles, nothing can happen to me. Only if he pulls lead am I in danger.

There's something grand and revolutionary still about [women] traveling alone. There are some parts of the world where you can't.

Goals determine what you are going to be

When I cannot enjoy the faith of assurance, I live by the faith of adherence.

I promise you, if you have a plan, you can accomplish everything you ever wanted