Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

I was quite fat as a kid. And swimming is a sport you can enjoy whatever size you are. If you're fat, running is a pain. I'm not really built for running.

All you can do in this life is follow your dreams. Otherwise you're just wasting your time.

A bully can only make you feel bad about yourself if you let them.

I thrive off the company of others, I love being sociable.

I was the kind of person who got bullied and loved the attention of it.

I've just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.

People think writing a children's book is something you could do in an afternoon but it's actually really hard.

I am a huge fan of 'Doctor Who.'

I was depressed as a child. I found it hard to make friends. My favourite thing was locking myself in the bathroom and practising comedy routines.

For the record, I would like to point out that it is NOT being obsessive to memorize a boy's schedule so that you can accidentally bump into him. It is called being efficient.

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

I want to make my own life a masterpiece.

I also tell them that your education can take you way farther than a football, baseball, track, or basketball will - that's just the bottom line.

I am not afraid of lawyers as I used to be. They are lambs in wolves' clothing.

Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.

There will be no war, but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing.

Racism is wrong, racism is very dangerous.

I created a weapon to defend the borders of my motherland. It's not my fault that it's being used where it shouldn't be. The politicians are more to blame for this.

We all grow into the beautiful person that we’re supposed to be, some earlier, some later.