You're About As Useful As A One-legged

It Certainly Helps, I Think, With Some Actors To Understand The Process Of Acting. You See What Extraordinary Pressure They're Under, There's A Huge Circus Dedicated To A Particular Moment And They're Got To Deliver And It Can Help That You, Even If Empathetically Alone, Understand What They're Doing.

The Decision To Do It [play Maigret] Was Related To The Fact That The Character Is A Very Ordinary Man, And Generally Speaking I Haven't Played Very Many Ordinary Men.

I Think In Many Ways Johnny English Is A More Believable Character.

I Like To Juggle With One Ball At A Time. Then I Put The Ball Down And Do Nothing For Extended Periods Of Time.

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.