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

Some people would say I've made it now.

You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree.

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.

Some people say funny things, but I say things funny.

Some of the funniest people I know are not screwed up in the head.