When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'.
Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me.
All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it?
Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, "We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth," but it doesn't feel English.