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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

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
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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Expression Home Silence
I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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Actor Believe Character Film
I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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Interesting Play Role
Try to be creatively lead rather than market lead.
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Business Creative Market Try
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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Art Comedy Community Importance Money Value
It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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Easy Feature
Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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Market Notice One Liner
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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Amuse Comics Funny Happen Natural Need Thinking
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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Company Friendship Funny Heart Joke Quite Reason Serious
I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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Criticism Film
I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
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Ball Extend Period Time
I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there’s a gas bill tied to it.
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Discover Film Finding Funny Gas Neck Sarcastic
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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Business Difficult Film Personal Problem Relax Serious
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
Don’t get too much emotionally attached to anyone.
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Attachment Break Up Broken Heart Emotional Relationship

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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