We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where the important thing is the quality and the challenging nature of the programming.

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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,...

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.

It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to...

It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to...

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...

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...

Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.

Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...