A biography for Matt Berryhasn’t been written yet.
“The folk that you get on Radio 1 isn't the sort of thing that I'm into: it's kind of too uptempo and jaunty for me. I prefer a bit of atmosphere and a bit of darkness.”
“I'm a fan of Douglas Adams, yes.”
“When I do a voiceover now, there are always a few people I've borrowed bits off, whether it's their hats or facial hair, who'll say: 'That's so funny; it's obviously based on this guy.' You think, 'It ain't: it's you.' Actors never think characters are based on them.”
“Most of the things I do are inspired by things that frightened me when I was young.”
“I didn't have any plan to go into comedy.”
“There just aren't enough hours in the day; I've got a lot of things that I want to do, and those that I can do, I'm going to make sure that I do do!”
“Everyone in our family just kind of leans on my mum.”
“Actors are a great subject for a comedy. They're inherently funny because, like sportsmen, they take themselves so seriously.”
“When I'm not working, I'll spend time with loved ones.”
“If your catchphrase has appeared in men's toilets, then you know you've made it!”
“If you're a thoughtful person, you won't want to be in people's faces all the time.”
“I showed my dad the first episode of 'Toast of London' the other night. He laughed a bit, but when it finished, he just turned to me and said, 'You're an idiot.' I loved that.”
“I'm not going to do anything that I don't think is very funny, even if it's a lot of money or massive exposure.”
“aphorism 90: I am incorrigible. I would have every object of the universe mechanically predictable but myself.”
“Today, actors aren't forced to ditch their regional accents like they used to. The best example's Tom Baker, a Scouser who went to great lengths to change his accent and ended up with something alien - and fantastic. It's sad that when the likes of him go, there won't be those sorts of accents any more.”
“When you come to the end of a TV project, it's good to be able - and I'm kind of lucky - that I can just go into a different medium, make another album, or do whatever.”
“I've never had a plan for any of this: there was never a plan for, 'Right, I must get on the TV,' 'Right, I must have my own show,' 'Right, I must be a movie star.' I don't think like that. I haven't ever had that sort of interest.”
“I always come back to the gentler stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and the Fleet Foxes' first album - that's quite an odd one.”
“I've been collecting synths since the late '80s. They weren't very fashionable then, so you could pick up pretty cool stuff for a few hundred quid.”
“I draw from the most pompous people, who are the people that make me laugh the most.”