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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.

Rowan Atkinson

I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Be Yourself Deep Finding Funny Man Natural
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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Expression Home Silence
Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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Act Entrepreneur Excellence Habit One Liner
We put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Challenge Commercial Creative Necessary Personal Value
Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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Chance Success
We must be allowed to insult each other.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Allow Funny Insult Sarcastic
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.
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Children Decline Face Physical Sad
I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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Car Enjoyment History Hobby Race
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Amuse Comics Funny Happen Natural Need Thinking
I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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Interesting Play Role
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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Dull Laugh People Performance Person Quiet Stage
The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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Birthday Determination Happen Help Life Old Path Realise
You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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Contest Humour Man Sarcastic
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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Actor Attitude Particular People Play
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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Audience Enjoyment Funny Success Worth
Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Business Creative Market Try

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