The irony is, of course, that many of the values that I was raised with, that I think are very important, that I hold dear, are the result of a religious faith.

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.

Nurture your great spirit for a great self.

Life is not about destination, it is a journey of creation.

You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.

Trifles make perfection - and perfection is no trifle.

I dream of a love that even time will lie down and be still for.

It is the beginning of the end. [Fr., C'est le commencement de al fin.]

I don't claim to have an answer to every question, but I promise you I have a question for every answer.

Religious faith, indeed, relates to that which is above us, but it must arise from that which is within us.

That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them.

You can fool some of the people some of the time -- and that's enough to make a decent living.