My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe 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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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 don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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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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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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A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.
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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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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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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 arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.
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Birthday meant to be another year to be Fabulous.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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