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.
ROWAN ATKINSONFor telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you could be prosecuted for the telling of either is quite fantastic.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.
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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 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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Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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I would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
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I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.
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Birthday meant to be another year to be Fabulous.
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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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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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