I would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
ROWAN ATKINSONIn the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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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Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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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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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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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 think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.
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Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.
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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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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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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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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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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