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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More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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To be successful you don’t need beautiful face and heroic body, what you need is skillful mind and ability to perform.
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I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.
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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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We put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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 would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
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Excellence is not an act but 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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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
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What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?
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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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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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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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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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Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.
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I have a problem with Porsches. They’re wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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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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