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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.

Rowan Atkinson

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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Achievement Comedy Play Respect Role Serious
I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.
ROWAN ATKINSON

Actor Television
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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Dull Laugh People Performance Person Quiet Stage
I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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Actor Believe Character Film
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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Age Character Regard Remember Time
But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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Introspective Quiet Tend
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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Audience Enjoyment Funny Success Worth
Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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Attachment Break Up Broken Heart Emotional Relationship
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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Believe Disease Flow Let Go Perfection Quality Try
Nope, I don’t enjoy work generally. Not because I’m lazy; it’s just all so stressful and worrying.
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Enjoyment Lazy Stress Work Worry
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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Barber Funny Humour Sarcastic Service
We must be allowed to insult each other.
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Allow Funny Insult Sarcastic
For telling a good and incisive religious joke, you should be praised. For telling a bad one, you should be ridiculed and reviled. The idea that you could be prosecuted for the telling of either is quite fantastic.
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Fantastic Joke Praise Quite Religious Ridiculous
In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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Age Media Modernization Rare Surprise
Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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Chance Success
Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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