But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I can be reasonably funny and light-hearted when I’m in the company of good friends, but I’m not a jokesmith. I tend to be quite serious.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?
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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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Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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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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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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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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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.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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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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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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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.
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