I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
ROWAN ATKINSONPeople 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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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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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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The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.
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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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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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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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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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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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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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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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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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