Norman Wisdom

My comedy is for children from three to 93. You do need a slightly childish sense of humour and if you haven't got that, it's very sad.

What I like doing most is making children laugh.

I don't know nothing about communism. But I know the Albanians loved me. Same reason as anyone else loves me. Because I made them laugh.

I think the main thing I remembered throughout all of filming it was just that she just was extremely self-destructive. I think everybody can relate to that a little bit. She doesn't like herself.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.