My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
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More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I’ll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn’t the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.
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I don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
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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?
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Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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Look, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
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The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness – and the other represents oppression.
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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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I have a problem with Porsches. They’re wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.
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I enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.
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