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.
ROWAN ATKINSONPeople 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONI would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
ROWAN ATKINSONI’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
ROWAN ATKINSONWhen 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONSometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
ROWAN ATKINSONI 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONLook, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
ROWAN ATKINSONI’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
ROWAN ATKINSONI find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONBut generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
ROWAN ATKINSONI would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
ROWAN ATKINSONArt is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
ROWAN ATKINSONI like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe 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.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
ROWAN ATKINSON