Marketing Is What Gets You Noticed.

When I Was Doing Bean More Than I’ve Done Him In The Last Few Years, I Did Strange Things - Like Appearing On Chat Shows In Character As Mr. Bean.

It's Not Easy To Take A Sit-com And Turn It Into A Feature.

We Haven't Made Any Particular Decision [on Maigret], I Haven't Been Asked If I Want To Carry On With It. All These Things Are A Matter Of Whether You Feel As Though The Idea Is Developing And Whether It's Still Interesting To Play.

Having Spent A Substantial Part Of My Career Parodying Religious Figures From My Own Christian Background, I Am Aghast At The Notion That It Could, In Effect, Be Made Illegal To Imply Ridicule Of A Religion Or To Lampoon Religious Figures.

I Have Always Believed That There Should Be No Subject About Which One Cannot Make Jokes, Religion Included. Clearly, One Is Always Constricted By Contemporary Mores And Trends Because, After All, What One Seeks Above All Is An Appreciative Audience.