My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
ROWAN ATKINSONMr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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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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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’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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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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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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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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feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean’s life, and you just watch this bizarre man going about his life in the way that he wants to.
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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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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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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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