I was in a lake in 'Love Actually', and I was attacked by some hideous aquatic beast and was rushed to the hospital by a man named Rafael! Something stung my elbow, and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball.

Something like 'A Single Man,' it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it.

Bridget Jones is part of literary lore now and actually to be a part of it is enormously flattering.

Looking in the mirror, staring back at me isn't so much a face as the expression of a predicament.

People coming up and saying something nice is always welcome. But when you're being secretly photographed, that's not so nice. I would rather shake hands with someone and exchange a few words than take a selfie.

Some people would say comedy draws from some dark places, from your dark stuff. Life's great optimists aren't necessarily the funniest people.