I’m as poor as a church mouse, that’s just had an enormous tax bill on the very day his wife ran off with another mouse, taking all the cheese.
ROWAN ATKINSONFunny 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.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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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 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 think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.
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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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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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In the modern media age, we are rarely surprised by what we see.
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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
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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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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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Enjoy your own company instead of expecting someone else make you happy.
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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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I think you’re bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It’s not something you often do in comedy.
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I would never wish to say that I’ve finally waved goodbye to any character, it’s just that the emphasis tends to shift.
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I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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