“While other kids were into New Kids on the Block, I was into Harold Ll...” — Diane Morgan Quote

While other kids were into New Kids on the Block, I was into Harold Lloyd and Stan Laurel.

I've always wanted to make people laugh. It's been my only ambition, ever since my dad introduced me to the genius of the great comedians: Tony Hancock, Woody Allen, people like that.

I'm generally not interested in Shakespeare or 'Broadchurch'. I only want to make people laugh, really.

The interviews themselves last a couple of hours and are cut down, so you can take your time lulling someone into a false sense of security before you hit them with the really weird questions.

I don't want to do many panel shows. I'm a comic actor, not a comedian. There would be something wrong in Steve Coogan or Julia Davis doing panel shows all the time.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.

I've been around the block.

You have to focus on your job, and if you focus on your job, you block everything out.

On 'Sin Nombre,' Adriano Goldman and I improvised a lot of things on-site. We were working with untrained actors, and you can't really block a scene in a traditional way.