I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.
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.
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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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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil’s own satanic herd!
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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 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 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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Marketing 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.
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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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The one thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some sort of respectability which you can’t if you’re playing comedic roles.
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Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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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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When I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things – like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
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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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