I Was Always The Clown In School.

We Talk About Theatre Museums Filled With Old Costumes And Things. What We Also Need Is A Theatre Museum Of The Old Routines On Videotape. We Are Only The Custodians Of Those Techniques, And They Should Be Preserved.

I'd Rather Get A Good Clean Laugh With Good Material, Than An Easy Laugh By Swearing Or Shocking. That's Not Clever Or Comedic, Anybody Can Get A Laugh That Way, It's Too Easy.

I Only Travel To Good Material, A Good Director And A Good Company. I Won't Work In Another Country For A Year Any Longer, Because I Have A Lovely Wife And I Adore Her And I Can't Bear To Be Away From Her.

It's A Little Like Casting Out Hundreds Of Fishing Lines Into The Audience. You Start Getting Little Bites, Then More, Then You Hook A Few, Then More. Then You Can Start Reeling Them In And That's A Loveliest Feeling - The Whole Audience Laughing With You.

I Feel If Some Kid Has Sat Down And Felt I'm Important Enough To Write Two Pages Of Words To And Take Up A Lot Of His Valuable Time, Then He Deserves A Few Words Back, Or Even A Phone Call As I Have Done On A Few Occasions.