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.
ROWAN ATKINSONI would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
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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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Mr. Bean is essentially a child trapped in the body of a man. All cultures identify with children in a similar way, so he has this bizarre global outreach.
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Look, if I’d wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I’d have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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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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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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’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 a collector. I don’t like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.
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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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My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
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