When I realise that I don't have a lot of time left to do what I'm meant to do in terms of buying things, that's when things begin to feel Christmassy for me - when I realise that time is against me, and I've got to act; otherwise, I'll look ridiculous.

Matt Berry

Categorized in : Me Look Feel Time

One of the most memorable and frightening things when I was four or five was Kate Bush doing 'Wuthering Heights.' She did it outside, in a forest, and she did this thing where she looked straight into the camera, and it's the most frightening thing for a kid to see, but it just stuck in my head.

forest camera doing memorable

If your catchphrase has appeared in men's toilets, then you know you've made it!

your know you men

If you're a thoughtful person, you won't want to be in people's faces all the time.

person you time people

I'm a fan of Douglas Adams, yes.

douglas fan yes

I just find anyone who's arrogant and pompous is always the funniest for me.

find just me always

I think there's a chance that aliens might just see us as beef cattle, so that's us done. Whether they would inhabit us in that way is pretty fanciful because they'd probably just get from us what they could, and then I just see us as fast food.

think chance food way

I always come back to the gentler stuff like Simon & Garfunkel and the Fleet Foxes' first album - that's quite an odd one.

first back like always

I didn't have any plan to go into comedy.

plan any go comedy

I am quite shy.

quite am i-am shy

While I've got all my arms and legs and my eyes working at the same time, I've got to make as much stuff as I can.

eyes legs i-can time

Most of the things I do are inspired by things that frightened me when I was young.

things me inspired young

If it's funny or it's good, then yeah, I'll do it. Whether it's big-screen or whatever wouldn't be the deciding factor for me.

whatever good me funny

I don't watch much TV.

watch much tv

I find comedy fun, and I really enjoy doing music.

comedy enjoy music fun

Nowadays, all actors talk about is what they don't eat and what kind of juicers they've got. That wouldn't have been a conversation John Hurt would have had with Tom Baker.

eat talk hurt conversation

The only reason I'm associated with 'the Boosh' is because Richard Ayoade, who was meant to be doing Bainbridge, couldn't do it because of something with Channel 4, so I ended up doing it.

something doing meant-to-be reason

Actors are a great subject for a comedy. They're inherently funny because, like sportsmen, they take themselves so seriously.

seriously great comedy funny

A lot of actors do that - they blame their failure on their agents or their photos. But that is just putting off the real issues.

just blame failure real

I don't like to think of anyone waking up every morning amazed that things haven't gone their way in life.

think morning life way

Oh God, I've done telesales. It doesn't get much lower than that, really. That's the job I enjoyed the least.

get job done god