I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with -- doing television, doing shows every week.

Probably spending 12 years at boarding school - comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as soon as they can speak or be naughty.

To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.

It was extraordinary. I mean, for us it was just an amazement that people were watching it in Dallas of all places and were loving it.

Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.

It's such fun to take a lot of people and create something silly.