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What Is Wrong With Inciting Intense Dislike Of A Religion If The Activities Or Teachings Of That Religion Are So Outrageous, Irrational Or Abusive Of Human Rights That They Deserve To Be Intensely Disliked?

I Consider Myself More Of A Visual Comedian Than A Physical One.

Itv And The Production Company Contacted Me And Asked If I Fancied Playing The Role [of Maigret]. It Took Me A Long Time To Decide To Do It. In Fact, I Decided Not To. I Thought About It For Some Weeks, And Thought 'perhaps Not' And It Went Away For A While, And Then It Sort Of Came Back. They Said 'are You Sure You Don't Want To Play Him?', So I Thought About It For A Lot Longer Again, And Eventually Decided That I Would.

The Character [maigret] Is Bound To Change And Develop, And I Wouldn't Like To Claim That We Are Perfectly Formed Straight Out Of The Box. I Think It's What I'd Call An 'optimistic Start'. As You Know, For Me, No Glass Is Anything Other Than Half Empty, So I Apologise For My Reticence In Terms Of Promoting This Programme.

Having Spent A Substantial Part Of My Career Parodying Religious Figures From My Own Christian Background, I Am Aghast At The Notion That It Could, In Effect, Be Made Illegal To Imply Ridicule Of A Religion Or To Lampoon Religious Figures.