Robert Webb

(on learning about magic when he made the film "Magicians") Robert: We got to find out how lots of stuff works, but we promised not to tell anyone. Mainly because it's boring. When you find out how something is done, you just go: "Oh! Is that it? It's just a trick!" And it's usually something very simple. It's a colossal anti-climax. But I certainly learnt to respect and admire all the sleight-of-hand stuff, it's really impressive to me, having tried to do one simple thing, and how many hours of practice has gone into that. It can be a really beautiful thing to watch, that level of dexterity.

(on obesity) Robert: I disagree that it's generally acceptable in this country to be prejudiced about the issue of obesity. It's important to at least acknowledge your own prejudice if you are going to be any sort of decent human being and do something about it.

(on the Neil LaBute play) Robert: The thing about Fat Pig is it's less about Tom falling in love with a large girl and how he won't admit to his work colleagues that they are an item; it's more about the problem of being a shop-window liberal. We like to think that if we fell in love with someone who was larger, older, disabled, or the same sex, that we could walk down the street with them hand in hand and not give a monkey's. Sometimes it's a much bigger battle than that.