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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

Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Born Cute Funny Remember Rich Sarcastic Work
For 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.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Fantastic Joke Praise Quite Religious Ridiculous
I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Interesting Play Role
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Barber Funny Humour Sarcastic Service
In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Commercial eed Explanation Television
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.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Appearance Character Chat Done Show Strange
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.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Enjoyment Interview Market Notice Project
I’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Car Cause Evaporation Toy
I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Be Yourself Deep Finding Funny Man Natural
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Actor Confidence Feeling Inspirational Perfection Suppose
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.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Achievement Comedy Play Respect Role Serious
Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Art Attitude Dispute Laugh Money
I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Ambition Aware Minimalism Sophistication Suppress
To be successful you don’t need beautiful face and heroic body, what you need is skillful mind and ability to perform.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Ability Beautiful Inspirational Need Performance Skill Success
But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Introspective Quiet Tend
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 ATKINSON

Oppression Represent Ridiculous Right Society

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