Quotes from Matt Berry

When you come to the end of a TV project, it's good to be able - and I'm kind of lucky - that I can just go into a different medium, make another album, or do whatever.

Make sure you own a good bed and a good pair of shoes because if you're not in one, you're in the other.

When I do a voiceover now, there are always a few people I've borrowed bits off, whether it's their hats or facial hair, who'll say: 'That's so funny; it's obviously based on this guy.' You think, 'It ain't: it's you.' Actors never think characters are based on them.

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

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.

I didn't know how interested I was in performing until I did 'Darkplace.' I hadn't done anything really up until that point. I didn't mind the cameras, and I didn't know that I would enjoy it.

Before doing 'Darkplace' in 2003, I was temping and at call centres, and that was pretty bad. Then I was at the London Dungeon, which I loved doing, and then from that, I was on Channel 4 doing 'Darkplace.'

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.

I try not to see myself as anything, as that would be embarrassing. But if I had to label myself, I'd probably say I was an artist due to the fact that I enjoy working within the arts on different platforms, of which comedy is just one.

I used to not really know any other people when I was young that wanted to play music - that's why I learned everything myself. As a result, you kind of naturally become an engineer of sorts, because you've got to learn how to record everything.

A lot of my songs are about things that concern me personally, not a heightened version of myself or any of the characters that I play.

Things like, when a total stranger says, 'I want you to record something for my forthcoming wedding,' that can be a bit tiresome. But it's a high-class problem. It doesn't hurt my feelings.

I draw from the most pompous people, who are the people that make me laugh the most.

I think pompous accents are inherently funnier.

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

There's always another idea round the corner that I want to do. So while I can, it's important to do them, because there will come a time when I can't.

I'm not going to do anything that I don't think is very funny, even if it's a lot of money or massive exposure.

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.

If you're bored and you look bored, that's your fault.

The folk that you get on Radio 1 isn't the sort of thing that I'm into: it's kind of too uptempo and jaunty for me. I prefer a bit of atmosphere and a bit of darkness.

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

I'd tell my teenage self he did the right thing never getting a proper job.

I've been collecting synths since the late '80s. They weren't very fashionable then, so you could pick up pretty cool stuff for a few hundred quid.

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