There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.
The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
Where there's a will - there's a relative!
Why buy a book when you can join a library.
Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away.
I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.
People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.
The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... So that's fun.
What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity.
I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about.
Proper stupidity is fascinating.
I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.
All of my friends are oddities.
Stephen Merchant looks like a Muppet. I mean, he looks like Beaker.
Oh, let's face it I hate everything in others.
I love UFC, vigilante films, and any acts of merciless heroism.
I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian.
I don't know what Trump has to do to lose his supporters. It's like a religion. He's a school bully.
I lift weights. Then I put them down again.
I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.
I think Spielberg is a master. I think 'Jaws' invented a genre.
I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.'
You can be watching the greatest film in the world, and if you hear your neighbor getting into a fight, you're at the window.
I like flying to New York from London. It's like a day off for me. No phone or e-mails. Food, wine, iPod, movies, snoozing.
I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.
I think all art - even one as lowly as making jokes about celebrities - is there to make a connection.
I think being nice is more important than being clever.
Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got.
Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... It's still the Holy Grail.
You can laugh at anything. It depends on the joke.
