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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.

Rowan Atkinson

I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Actor Television
I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Amuse Friendship Relax Thinking
I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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Clever Creative Focus Instinct Particular
We put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Challenge Commercial Creative Necessary Personal Value
In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
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Commercial eed Explanation Television
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Audience Confidence Finding Funny Minimalism Pretty Simplicity Taste
I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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Criticism Film
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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Ball Extend Period Time
You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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Contest Humour Man Sarcastic
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.
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Bill Cheese Enormous Mouse Poor Tax Wife
Look, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Funny Lecture Man Right Sarcastic Want
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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Children Decline Face Physical Sad
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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Character Emphasis Goodbye Shift Wave
I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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Interesting Play Role
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 ATKINSON

Dull Laugh People Performance Person Quiet Stage
I think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.
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Character Comedy Play Sense Thinking

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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