My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
ROWAN ATKINSONI 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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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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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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If you’re a serious actor, it’s when you know you’re going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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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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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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I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.
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You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
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I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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I don’t think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don’t play.
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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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