But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
ROWAN ATKINSONThe job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.
More Rowan Atkinson Quotes
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I’m more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
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When I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things – like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
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I’m not looking for anything other than an interesting role to play.
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I’m certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions.
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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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What is wrong with inciting intense dislike of a religion if the activities or teachings of that religion are so outrageous, irrational or abusive of human rights that they deserve to be intensely disliked?
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We must be allowed to insult each other.
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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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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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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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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil’s own satanic herd!
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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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If you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to earn money or whatever, will follow naturally.
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Excellence at everything you can do can be achieved on if it is a habit.
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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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