In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
ROWAN ATKINSONIn the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
ROWAN ATKINSONI think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.
ROWAN ATKINSONI consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
ROWAN ATKINSONIf 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 ATKINSONI want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
ROWAN ATKINSONI enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.
ROWAN ATKINSONExcellence is not an act but a habit.
ROWAN ATKINSONYour services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
ROWAN ATKINSONI 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONMarketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something – this side of it, if you like, doing interviews – is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.
ROWAN ATKINSONI’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.
ROWAN ATKINSONI would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
ROWAN ATKINSONTry to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
ROWAN ATKINSONIf you want to be strong learn to live alone.
ROWAN ATKINSONLook, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
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