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 ATKINSONIf 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.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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I have a problem with Porsches. They’re wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one.
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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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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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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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I think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.
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I would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
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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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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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I enjoy it when it’s over! I enjoy whatever success we have. If an audience finds it funny, then it’s been worth it.
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It’s not as flip, irrelevant, and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.
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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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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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