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I don't really believe in the auteur theory.

I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.

When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.

I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise.

People know that I have a great love for cinema. Not just for commercial cinema, but for the 'cinema d'auteur.' But to me, two of the great 'auteurs' are actually actors and they both happen to be French. One is Alain Delon and the other is Jean-Paul Belmondo.

I know how to work with people. I've worked with the same people for 10 years. I'm not that kind of auteur. I hear ideas.

I consider myself something of a raconteur. I have a rather audacious sense of humour.

I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

There's sketch, improv, writing, acting, music, and badminton. Those are the seven forms of comedy. But I do like the idea of being an auteur in the sense of writing and being in your own stuff.