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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

Rowan Atkinson

Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
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Art Attitude Dispute Laugh Money
My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
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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
Nope, I don’t enjoy work generally. Not because I’m lazy; it’s just all so stressful and worrying.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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Allow Funny Insult Sarcastic
Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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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.
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I’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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Car Cause Evaporation Toy
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.
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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.
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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 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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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.

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