I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
ROWAN ATKINSONI 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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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
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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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Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.
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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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I enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.
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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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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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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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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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feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean’s life, and you just watch this bizarre man going about his life in the way that he wants to.
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Birthday meant to be another year to be Fabulous.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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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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