Hollywood Is Responsible For Some Of The

I Never Think Of Myself As A Celebrity - Or Even An Actor, Actually. I Think Of Myself As A Writer-director.

When You Think Of Things Like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, They Are Beating Film On A Regular Basis. Most Films Are Terrible. It's Only The 2% That Are Good. There's Things You Can Do On Tv Which You Can't Do On Film. There Is Something About Those Episodic, Serialisations That Are Grand And Operatic.

The Truth Doesn't Hurt. Whatever It Is, It Doesn't Hurt. It's Better To Know The Truth.

I Remember The First Check I Got For 'the Office,' And It Made Me Feel Sad. It Ruined It. ... Because There Was Sort Of A Nobility In Poverty.

What Is The Single Most Important Thing For A Company? Is It The Building? Is It The Stock? Is It The Turnover? It’s The People, Investment In People. My Proudest Moment Here Wasn’t When I Increased Profits By 17%, Or Cut Expenditure Without Losing A Single Member Of Staff. No. It Was A Young Greek Guy, First Job In The Country, Hardly Spoke A Word Of English, But He Came To Me And He Went ‘mr. Brent, Will You Be The Godfather To My Child?’. Didn’t Happen In The End. We Had To Let Him Go, He Was Rubbish. He Was Rubbish!