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 ATKINSONLord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
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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 have always worried about things more than I should.
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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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Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something – this side of it, if you like, doing interviews – is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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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 consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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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I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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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’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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