Ben Miller

I'm not a 'suffer in silence' type; I'm a 'let's throw money at the problem' type - I've done reflexology, reiki, psychotherapy, counselling. I've never actually had analysis, but I'd like to try that sometime. ”

Being away from my family for six months a year - even if it was in the beautiful surroundings of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean - was just too hard. ”

I'm afraid I'm very optimistic - and moralistic. ”

I'm prepared to try to talk to a very beautiful girl. I learned a fantastic secret, which is that the most beautiful woman in the room is not being spoken to because she's too intimidating. They're not looking for somebody beautiful; they're looking for somebody to amuse them. ”

I'm not afraid to say it - I'm proud to be from a nation that wears its heart on its sleeve and isn't scared to show its feelings. ”

As an actor, it's good to try to do new things, I think. ”

Acting and writing are the things I like doing. I don't like presenting that much. ”

It was only in the second year of my Ph.D. that I started acting. I wasn't in school plays or anything; I was in bands, but I wasn't cool. There's no such thing as a cool physics person, is there? ”

I have always played a slightly ineffectual, bumbly, nice guy. ”

I can be indecisive about things - and the less important something is, the more indecisive I am. ”