If you're a comedian, it's a bit of a choice whether or not you want to be funny when you're not performing because it might feel disingenuous. In the same way, I don't show people magic tricks in social situations any more.
Magic has both feet planted in cheap vaudeville and childish posturing; in dishonesty and therefore not in art.
Feeling we have to be constantly updated about the lives of our friends and that everything we say has to be out there leads to frustration, anger and jealousy much more than it leads to anything else.
I'm finally having my TV removed and replaced by a tropical fish tank, which I hope will provide more interesting viewing.
I'm not very sociable. If I get invited to a glamorous event I probably won't go. That world does not really appeal to me.
I once had Rachel McAdams over for lunch, when she was with Michael Sheen, who's a friend of mine.
