Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
ROWAN ATKINSONI enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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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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I’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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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 don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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The 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.
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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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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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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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Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
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