Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially.

I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.

Growing up, I didn't feel very cool having come from the Midlands.

So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.

When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry... that kind of thing.

Both of us have forged our careers in London, but a lot of my comedy influences come from my family and my childhood.

I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.

We developed 'Sightseers' as a TV idea but didn't get anywhere with it because all the channels said it was too dark originally as an idea for television.

'Sightseers' started off as a character comedy double act.

I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on.

If we love God, we shall desire godliness.

Starlets were always turning up dead in people's pools. They fished them out like goldfish. Nobody seemed to find it unusual that so many young, beautiful women wanted to die.

Big companies are like marching bands. Even if half the band is playing random notes, it still sounds kind of like music. The concealment of failure is built into them.

If it hurts, it isn't love.

The main thing is to get what little happiness there is out of life in this wartorn world because ‘these are the good old days’ now.

It is the women who are the leaders in change and without their participation poverty can never be removed.

You're always under the microscope, you don't know which mission you're going to get. It's a surprise.

I'm not afraid of life and I'm not afraid of death: Dying's the bore.

My lawyer has been a good friend of mine for a long time. He and I continuously have conversations.

When you involve yourself in a group like No Labels, …I think it is a positive step in the right direction of trying to get things done