John Goodman's pretty dark - I love John Goodman.

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.

It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.

I really got into filmmaking through photography.

Music is just one of the tools a director has with which to paint and I think it's one of the most effective.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

I just thinks it's interesting what it takes an actor to find their characters through the wardrobe, or the hair, or the way a character walks.

You're never nice to your friends. You're nice to people you don't like!

I take it very seriously, music. I think it's one of the tools that a director has with which to kind of paint. The right music can sometimes do five pages of scripted dialogue.

What's optimism? said Cacambo. Alas, said Candide, it is a mania for saying things are well when one is in hell.

Men, some to business, some to pleasure take; But every woman is at heart a rake.

The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.

I don't have a father, but my kids tell me every day that they love me... even when I am not in my best mood.

If you are halfway smart, and you could really listen to the audience, you could really learn a lot.

Practice meditating on the heart chakra. This is only one of them, but it's quite good for the first few years of your meditative practice.

Without garlic I simply would not care to live.

Repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an automatic reflex.

People who lack material wealth, who are poor, won't be very happy. They will be obsessed with meeting their bills at pay day. And people who have an abundance of material goods are often not happy.

I did say I don't feel as worthy as so many of the recipients ... He said he'd seen some of my work, which is amazing, and was a fan of Gavin and Stacey.