CHRIS O'DOWD

I'd like to think that I'm getting slightly more mature as time goes on, but I don't know if my fiancee would necessarily agree.

All of this talk of recession offends me. I am delighted that bankers have less money.

In comedy it helps if there's a friendly atmosphere on the set.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be serious, like Daniel Day-Lewis. No one really dreams of being a comic actor, do they? Now I realise how stupid that is - and it's because comic acting isn't taken seriously enough. It's a discipline. You know instantly - either you're funny and getting the laughs, or you're not.

When I say I hate nostalgia, I hate things set in the recent past where everything is shiny and new.

I play very sweet characters, so people look at me like I'm the kid from 'The Wonder Years,' rather than Brad Pitt.

I never go to these showbiz parties. I avoid them with a 10-inch pole.

I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now!

When I was about 13 I realised girls weren't going to kiss me because I was a gigantic, weird looking creature from the depths. I was like 6 ft. aged 11.

Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.

Hey, I think comic actors are the best actors.

People in England talk about stupid Hollywood idiots, but the industry attracts some of the cleverest people in the world.

I come from a musical kind of family.

Being at the genesis of the creative process is definitely something I want to keep doing. It's just such a great buzz.

I feel like I need to start wearing a T-shirt saying 'This is not a photo opportunity'. People are so lovely but you do find that when you're out you spend 40% of your time posing for photographs.

L.A. is fun, but it feels like one of those towns in the north of Scotland where there's an oil rig just off the coast and whether or not you work for the oil rig, everyone is connected to it.

I mean, I'm an uncle of seven or eight, and I don't mind it at all! Kids are great. Kids are the best six-hour experience you can have!

I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge!

I grew up among strong women so I know what it's like to be loved and humiliated in a heartbeat.

Going out with other actors is never good; actresses are neurotic, and actors are horrendous egotists.

I don't mind being slightly fat-ish, I just don't want to be fat.

I'm a Hawaiian shirt guy. I've made that life decision.

I often talk to myself while walking down the street. I did it as a kid.

Social media is great, I guess, but it feels like technology is the sapper of innocence.

Well, when you're the youngest of five, parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life, but by the time I came around they were like, 'Well, let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'