You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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 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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When I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things – like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
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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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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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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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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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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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I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
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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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