Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.

• 'Dallas' hit a chord back in the late Seventies and Eighties because it was the age of greed: here you have this unapologetic character who is mean and nasty and ruthless and does it all with an evil grin. I think people related to JR back then because we all have someone we know exactly like him. Everyone in the world knows a JR.
• I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.
• Good acting is all in the writing. If it isn't on the page, then it really won't make any difference. You cannot act on force of personality alone.
• I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
• My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.
• I'd like to play Matt Damon's daddy. He's a wonderful actor, I really admire him, and I'd like to play his dad one day.
• It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.
• Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
• Comedy is not funny. Comedy is hard work and timing and lots and lots of rehearsals.
• Well I think they broke the mould when they made me and being humble is one of my great assets.