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.
ROWAN ATKINSONArt is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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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’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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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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A law which attempts to say you can criticize and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar law indeed.
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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 want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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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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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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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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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 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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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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