"I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah." — Ricky Gervais

The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.

All of my friends are oddities.

I see my real job now as - never mind 'The Office,' 'Extras,' film career, Emmys - I want everyone in the world to know who Karl Pilkington is.

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.