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.
ROWAN ATKINSONApart 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 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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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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The 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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Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
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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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Mr. 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.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
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I am not really single, I am dating my self , I take my self out to eat, I buy myself clothes, I love me, I’m awesome.
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