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.
ROWAN ATKINSONDon’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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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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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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The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance has helped to determine your path through life.
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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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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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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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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil’s own satanic herd!
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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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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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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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