Rowan Atkinson on entertainment
Rowan Atkinson77 quotes“Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.”
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I am not really single, I am dating my self , I take my self out to eat, I buy myself clothes, I love me, I’m awesome.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson 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.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson 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.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I’m as poor as a church mouse, that’s just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach.
Rowan AtkinsonRowan Atkinson I have always worried about things more than I should.
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Bil KeaneBil Keane Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you’re entertaining people.
Manny PacquiaoManny Pacquiao Watching two men jib and jab for 12 rounds is not entertaining for me. I want action, knockouts, big shots, and people getting up off the canvas. That’s my ideal fight.
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