It would have been convenient to be gay. Just because of the grooming, the narcissism, stuff like that. But I have this kind of roaring heterosexuality. Traditional, uncomplicated heterosexuality, an almost cliched Robin Askwith thing.

I recognize that I have the ability to be selfish, but I also recognize that you can't be happy if you only care about yourself at the expense of other people.

It's difficult to believe in yourself because the idea of self is an artificial construction. You are, in fact, part of the glorious oneness of the universe. Everything beautiful in the world is within you.

No-one really feels self-confident deep down becuase it's an artifical idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persucted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.

The bad-boy label is just an assumption.

As a person... I'm a little more doubtful, introspective and analytical.

Everyone has their own mantra.

I've always had this impulse to be destructive.

Honesty has always been an integral part of my operation, really.

I don't mind having a reputation as a serious and spiritual person. I think that would be a nice reputation to have.

I'll not be changing, but America will.

Sometimes, as a comedian, a line will come to you, that is so beautiful, so perfect, that you think: I did not create this line. This line belongs to all of us. Surely this is a line of God.

As a performer, I'm very, very confident in what I do.

I also do a lot of Kundalini yoga.

I also quite like to be recognized by children; I find it sweet.

I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like 'Fawlty Towers.'

I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.

I'm into yoga, I meditate all the time, I'm vegetarian.