Keith Allen

“I can honestly say that throughout the 70s I never watched telly. I can remember 'Dr Who' and 'Morecambe and Wise' vaguely, but my generation didn't watch telly.”

“One Direction prove you can generate success from anything.”

“There must be something about me and teeth when I'm filming abroad, I don't have a lot of luck.”

“I knew Joe Strummer back in the days before he formed the Clash.”

“I have never ever hung out with actors and comedians. I can't stand it.”

“I don't think I've ever hurt anybody. I think I'll stand up on the day of judgment and go, 'Yeah? So what?'”

“I don't like the taste of alcohol.”

“Growing up we were very working-class; you had dinner at 12, then tea at 4:30. If you got supper, you were doing bloody well.”

“If everybody was a bank clerk, then I would be a rebel. But if everyone was a rebel, then I promise you I would go out of my way to be a bank clerk.”

“If you look at the people in the Occupy and tax-evading movements, they come from all walks of life and have embraced that attitude of opposition from the 1970s.”

“I don't want to be loved. No interest in being loved whatsoever. Actually, I don't mind being misunderstood either.”

“We make our own pesto. Our own chutney and jams.”

“I do a very good Sunday roast.”

“I love all aspects of performance.”

“I'm actually a rather dull man.”

“My father was in the navy. I always found it a bit strange that he would choose to spend an extraordinary amount of time underneath the water in a submarine with 60 men.”

“I'm primarily an actor and only make documentaries when I see a story others have missed.”

“If the press can take the easy option, they will. To them, I'm always 'the wild man.'”

“Celebrity's a spectator sport. You have to feed it.”

“I would be a fool to say I enjoyed being in borstal, but when I was there I had a great time.”