Tony Hancockspeaking to John Freeman on Face to Face.
"I think the world is both funny and sad, which seem to me to be the two basic ingredients of good comedy.
The character I play isn't a character I put on and off like a coat. It is a part of me and a part of everyone else I see.
The secret of my work is a knowledge of what constitutes living in general, I think. You take the weaknesses of your own character and of other people's characters and you exploit them. You show yourself up, and you show them up."
