“I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.”
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I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.
If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.
Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.
But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.