I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
ROWAN ATKINSONI want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
ROWAN ATKINSONI would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
ROWAN ATKINSONIf you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.
ROWAN ATKINSONI think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
ROWAN ATKINSONFor telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you could be prosecuted for the telling of either is quite fantastic.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
ROWAN ATKINSONA 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONYou’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
ROWAN ATKINSONEnjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
ROWAN ATKINSONIn the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONI enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
ROWAN ATKINSONBut I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
ROWAN ATKINSONIt’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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