We put a lot more value, or at least I personally put a lot more value, on the creative values and creative challenges of something than the commercial necessities.
ROWAN ATKINSONfeel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean’s life, and you just watch this bizarre man going about his life in the way that he wants to.
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I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.
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I’m not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts.
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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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feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean’s life, and you just watch this bizarre man going about his life in the way that he wants to.
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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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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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Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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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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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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The one thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some sort of respectability which you can’t if you’re playing comedic roles.
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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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.
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Excellence is not an act but a habit.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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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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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil’s own satanic herd!
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In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don’t really need to explain very much at all.
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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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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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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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