“The problem is when you become so well known that everyone is watching you and you don’t have an opportunity to observe.”

Part of what attracted me to the village was it had a lot of parallels to contemporary issues.

You meet a pretty girl, you’re different from when you meet a tough kid on the street.

We were all kind of thrown into the woods and we didn’t have any of the modern conveniences that we take for granted.

So that isn’t the concern. You have to do what you can do, and share what you feel is appropriate to share in the moment.

I take a lot less for granted.

The normal routine is always the same thing whether it’s on a new movie or a new job

If something is incredibly difficult to connect to, and painful, then I have to do a lot of work to connect to that and not joke around or lose sight of my job.

If I have a lack of dedication or focus, it’s permanently there as a negative reminder.

And then, it’s out of your control.

I really had a blast.

It would be terribly boring to be earnest.

You get to know one another very quickly.

Depending on what my job requirement is, my techniques change.

Fame actually makes life, especially human relationships, much more complicated.

Doing interviews is very different from working as an actor.

Any experience I had, I’d try to reenact it.

If this is what it’s going to take to satisfy everybody, then let’s do it and move on.

I think 14 was when I knew I wanted to do it and promote my own comedy shows at the church. Then, everyone would come.

I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.

But some nights, I must tell you, I go down there after everyone has fallen asleep. I swim back and forth in the echoing blackness. I sing a love song as well as I can, lost for a while in the home of the rain.

Unlike the rest of everyone I hang around with, I don’t drink, so I remember what happened after shows. And I have never hit on anyone after a show, I’m not that kind of person. Even if I was attracted to someone, I’d be too shy.

Everyone just wants to hear the exact jokes that apply to them and want to – everyone wants a perfectly crafted joke for them.

Everyone knows that! Hobbes: I’m looking it up. Calvin: You do, and I’ll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js! Hobbes: What’s your score for ZQFMGB? Calvin: 957.

I love ‘Goodfellas’ because it’s a great movie – it’s funny and there is action at perfect points. I just think Martin Scorsese makes everyone look really cool.