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.
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More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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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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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 am not really single, I am dating my self , I take my self out to eat, I buy myself clothes, I love me, I’m awesome.
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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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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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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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If you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.
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Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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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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I have always worried about things more than I should.
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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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Mr. Bean’: Childish, anarchic behaviour will always be funny.
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I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I’m in the company of good friends, but I’m not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.
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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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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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 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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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
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I don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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Nope, I don’t enjoy work generally. Not because I’m lazy; it’s just all so stressful and worrying.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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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.
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