I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.
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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If you want to be strong learn to live alone.
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Sometimes I don’t feel like going to work but then I remember I was born cute not rich.
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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.
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Marketing is what gets you noticed.
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Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You’ve got to be careful.
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But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
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I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
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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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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the ’50s and ’60s.
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It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
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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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But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
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