It's Not Easy To Take A Sit-com

Although The Great Frustration About This [role] Is The Fact That There's One Thing Maigret Never Does, And That's Drive. He's Always Driven, Or He Takes The Train, Or He Gets The Bus. I Was Saying 'well, Why Don't We Ring The Changes For The 21st Century, And Stick Him In The Car?'. [executive Producer And Son Of The Author, John Simenon] Said, 'well, You Can If You Want, But There'll Be Lots Of People Who Won't Like It'. So He's A Non-driver ... But No, Top Gear Was Never A Consideration For Me; And Neither Was I Asked

I Think In Many Ways Johnny English Is A More Believable Character.

When I Was Doing Bean More Than I’ve Done Him In The Last Few Years, I Did Strange Things - Like Appearing On Chat Shows In Character As Mr. Bean.

Get That Right, Then- If You Get The Quality Right, Then The Marketability Or Whatever; Your Ability To Sell Videos Or Your Ability To Earn Money Or Whatever, Will Follow Naturally. But Try To Be Creatively Lead Rather Than Market Lead. And That's Important To Me.

At The Moment, I'm Certainly Not Thinking 'never Again', But Neither Am I Thinking 'i Can't Wait To Play That Part Again'. I'm Somewhere In Between.