Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
ROWAN ATKINSONIt’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
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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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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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I have always worried about things more than I should.
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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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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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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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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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