I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.
ROWAN ATKINSONI 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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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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I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
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I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.
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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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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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If 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.
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Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
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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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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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Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.
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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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To be successful you don’t need beautiful face and heroic body, what you need is skillful mind and ability to perform.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something – this side of it, if you like, doing interviews – is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.
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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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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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