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Karl Pilkington has the roundest head, I think, in the world. It's not technically a deformity, but I've never seen anything quite that spherical.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

With Netflix, I browse; I watch documentaries about things I'd never dream of, but I think, 'I might as well.'

I'm a fang-toothed, blob-nosed, slouchy slob.

Believe it or not, I work out regularly.

I could always take a joke. I could always be the butt of the joke. I could always hand it out. That was just who I was.

I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has to be some sort of layer to it.

I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy.

I think Spielberg is a master. I think 'Jaws' invented a genre.

It's funny because I was offered film parts the first week after 'The Office' went out. I was sent a script, and I said, 'Who's the lead?' They said, 'We want you to be.' And I said: 'Well, who's going to go and see that? You want John Cusack.'

Let's be honest here: Twitter, for me, is 90 per cent a marketing tool.

Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute because they're thinking about something.

I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to be funny.

I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.

The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... so that's fun.

Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others.

I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.

Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me.

When I go to work, I don't want to make depressing, gritty, urban stories that are depressing to watch. I want to give people something to enjoy. When people think I'm a control freak and an ogre - which I am - it's only because I want my work to be accessible and Everyman, in a way.

I'd much rather eat exactly what I want, and then burn it off, than diet.