Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
ROWAN ATKINSONWe 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.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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The one thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some sort of respectability which you can’t if you’re playing comedic roles.
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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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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
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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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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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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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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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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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Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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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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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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.
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