I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
ROWAN ATKINSONIf you want to be strong learn to live alone.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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Look, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
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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 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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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’m not a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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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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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.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
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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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A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.
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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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If you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.
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