It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.

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I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own...

I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own...

I feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean's...

I feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean's...

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no...

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no...

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years,...

When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years,...

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much...

In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much...

I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about...

I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...

Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to...

And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly...

And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly...

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.

You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.

Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever;...

Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever;...

And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot...

And, we put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot...

No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny...

No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny...

Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from...

Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from...

We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the...

We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the...

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become...

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become...

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side...

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side...

Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I'm sure you know,...

Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I'm sure you know,...