Chris O'Dowd

“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!”

“The fame thing has happened very gradually, so I've been kind of lucky.”

“I just am so tired of really badly written women. It's so boring.”

“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.”

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

“I would be nothing if it wasn't for the town where I grew up and the people who gave me my inspiration.”

“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!”

“I get asked all the time if I want to do more dramatic acting, and I really doubt that dramatic actors get asked if they want to do more comedies. I don't really know why that is.”

“Beyonce is the most amazing woman in the world.”

“Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.”