I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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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.
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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I have a problem with Porsches. They’re wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one.
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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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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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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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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 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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For telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you could be prosecuted for the telling of either is quite fantastic.
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Nope, I don’t enjoy work generally. Not because I’m lazy; it’s just all so stressful and worrying.
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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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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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