Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
ROWAN ATKINSONIf you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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The 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.
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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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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.
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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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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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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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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Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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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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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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