Whatever Else Is Happening, Things Are Better

Real Racist Jokes Or Sexist Jokes Aren't Funny - Not Because They're Offensive, But Because They're Not True. As Soon As A Joke Is Based On An Untruth, It's Not Funny.

The Terrible Thing In England Is If You Interview A Thousand People, Five Hundred Of Them Will Talk Like They're Going Into A Guy Ritchie Movie And The Other Five Hundred Will Be Mr. Darcy. So We Had To Find Cool, Working Class Kids With No Profile Who Could Be John Travolta And James Dean And People Like That.

I'm Not From Around These Parts. I'm From A Little Place Called England: We Used To Run The World Before You.

I Feel Sorry For People In Power. I Feel Sorry For The Queen, In A Way, That She Hasn't Had A Normal Life. It'd Difficult For Me To Hate Anyone. Immediately Someone's Unpopular, I Feel Sorry For Them.

The Most Important Thing In Comedy - Apart From Empathy, Which I Think Is Important Even If Disguised - Is Surprise. I Like Surprising People With The Fact That Something's Even A Joke At All.