You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.

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I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly...

I never thought I want to do anything, really, except not go to work properly...

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.

We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.

I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.

I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.

The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.

The truth is that I'm constitutionally incapable of doing an ordinary job.

I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom,...

I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom,...

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms...

I have no qualifications to do anything else and there weren't any formal application forms...

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will...

I think that women just have a primeval instinct to make soup, which they will...

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

I don't really think of myself as an actor.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

I think a lot of the time you just parody yourself.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

Dont clap Im not a jazz band for Christs sake.

If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.

If I hadn't done this I might have ended up digging the roads.

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign...

You try various things when you're growing up. I was an attache in the Foreign...

Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I...

Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I...

Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger...

Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger...

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

I don't want to do the same thing over and over again.

Red meat is not bad for you

Red meat is not bad for you

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be...

The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be...

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s.

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear...

One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear...

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.

The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.