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.
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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 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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If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.
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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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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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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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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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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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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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The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.
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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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