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I have very strong views on TV. There's no diversity, there's no choice. Things are decided by committee.
I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before I was 14, and I learnt to... →
You can't predict anything. How can you be certain about anything when everything is chaos and we're not in control?
I still don't like authority exercised without reason. But they laugh at you at Cambridge if you say that sort of thing. For them, the law is a... →
I'd never bought the idea that you don't lose money by underestimating the intelligence of the audience. Although perhaps I should add that... →
You can analyse a joke and say it's funny because this guy thought this was going to happen, and that happened, and it's surprising. But not... →
I can help you shape your sitcom, I can help you think about what could make your sketch show better, but it won't help you get you a commission.
I probably did pack a lifetime's work into the 1980s.
Jokes are a lot about meaning. I think if we understand what jokes mean and why they work, we'd understand everything else. Genuinely I do.
Maybe the universe is a giant practical joke and we don't know the punchline.
The universe is fractal. The closer you look at it, the more interesting it becomes.
I do have at home the most ridiculous number of awards for what I have done, which is nice in terms of being patted on the back, yet it does cure you... →
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