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.
ROWAN ATKINSONMy 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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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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I have always worried about things more than I should.
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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 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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Mr. Bean had a very good chance of being successful and long-running.
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I am not really single, I am dating my self , I take my self out to eat, I buy myself clothes, I love me, I’m awesome.
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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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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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I would never be a television presenter. It’s not something I could ever do.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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I have a problem with Porsches. They’re wonderful cars, but I know I could never live with one.
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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It’s not as flip, irrelevant, and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.
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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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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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