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 want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness – and the other represents oppression.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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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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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.
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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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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 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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I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
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I don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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