Fatherhood is wonderful.

I don't think you need religion.

I like fantasy.

I like my stories once removed.

I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India.

I'd always thought that if Python was going to go on at all, it'd be nice to get into storylines.

I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.

I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie.

I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

I've got a soft spot for Theatr Colwyn because my granddad used to run the Colwyn amateur dramatic society in the 1930s.

I've never been good at improvising.

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

Medieval learning was really advanced.

Some people are passionate about aisles, others about window seats.

The funny thing about history is that we imagine that people didn't laugh in the old days, but of course they did, at stupid things.

We will definitely not burn the Koran, no. Not today, not ever.

You know, I've never thought of myself as a comedian.

Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.