Comedian

That was one of the amazing things about Doctor Who. Considering it is such an enormous charabanc, a centerpiece of international TV, it feels incredibly small when you are actually involved in it. It is very intimate, very small; it feels like a few people messing about with a camera.

There's something wonderful about that sort of Poirot, Agatha Christie-style investigation: cross-questioning all the witnesses and checking their stories, looking for means, motive, and opportunity.

I enjoyed learning French, and I enjoyed speaking French.

I once played a character called Mr. Jonathan in something called 'Razzle Dazzle.' I was a choreographer of children's pageants. That was something I never imagined doing. It did great in Australia.

Nobody wants to get divorced.

Definitely the most important thing in my life is being a father.

Bob Dylan - I will listen to any of his songs over and over.

I slept on a friend's kitchen floor for a year and a half.

As an actor, it's good to try to do new things, I think.

I'd like to have a neck. Everyone else has a neck, but I never got one; I don't know what happened. I'm not asking for much: just some sort of separation between my head and my body would be great.

I adored 'Drop the Dead Donkey.' That show defined Channel 4 at the time; it was so inventive and off the leash.

For my mother, everything stands in relation to her Welshness; the fact she married an Englishman seems to be something of an issue. She's kind of anti-English... anti-imperialist.

I get frustrated with films that entertain me but ultimately dodge a moral question about how you should try and live.

Personally, I think people need to get over this 'being offended' thing. Being offended does not give you the right to silence people. I get offended by things all the time - it's just part of life. The right not to be offended is not a human right, especially in a democracy.

Comedy's about things the way they are. It's about the world as it is, not the world as we would like it to be, and science is the same, really.

The one thing that makes me laugh about the phrase 'the worst week of my life' is that nobody actually uses that phrase when something really bad happens.

I'm very lucky, I had a very amicable separation and very amicable divorce, but it was still horrendous.

Actually I don't mind the gym when I get there, but I hate the psychological battle I have to go through to get there.

I got my first Mac in 1984. I've got an Airbook, iPad, iPhone, the lot. I love that blend of technology, creativity, and design.

I'm one of those people that read a newspaper.