Ricky Gervais

Body language is more powerful than words.

— Ricky Gervais

A friend first, and a boss second, entertainer third.

— Ricky Gervais

I lift weights. Then I put them down again.

— Ricky Gervais

Why by a book when you can join a library.

— Ricky Gervais

Be happy. It really annoys negative people.

— Ricky Gervais

You won't burn in hell. But be nice anyway.

— Ricky Gervais

I'd like to thank God for making me an atheist.

— Ricky Gervais

I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.

— Ricky Gervais

America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.

— Ricky Gervais

I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.

— Ricky Gervais

Let's be honest here: Twitter, for me, is 90 per cent a marketing tool.

— Ricky Gervais

I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you.

— Ricky Gervais

Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational

— Ricky Gervais

What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity.

— Ricky Gervais

I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.

— Ricky Gervais

Stephen Merchant looks like a Muppet. I mean, he looks like Beaker.

— Ricky Gervais

Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself…

— Ricky Gervais

I want to do a radio show where I can say what I want, when I want and that's free for anybody…

— Ricky Gervais

I haven't had my teeth fixed, I haven't had a hair transplant. I haven't had a skin peel, tummy tuck. I've done…

— Ricky Gervais

You can drive 1,000 miles across America and find yourself, whereas if you drive a few miles from Slough you're in London…

— Ricky Gervais

I love how people walk around with crucifixes, skullcaps, pointy hats, funny beards and then say 'you should keep your atheism to…

— Ricky Gervais

I remember the first check I got for 'The Office,' and it made me feel sad. It ruined it. ... Because there…

— Ricky Gervais

I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because…

— Ricky Gervais

Suggesting I hate people with religion because I hate religion is like suggesting I hate people with cancer because I hate cancer.

— Ricky Gervais

I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or…

— Ricky Gervais

I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing…

— Ricky Gervais

I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a…

— Ricky Gervais

I always knew I had to be 100 percent in charge, even when I was a middle manager. I used to say…

— Ricky Gervais

How many times have we seen reality celebrities fall from grace - often through no fault of their own - and then…

— Ricky Gervais

We only do what we think is good and what we're happy with. I do that in stand-up, I even do it…

— Ricky Gervais

People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in…

— Ricky Gervais

With the Internet era and social media and politics being so out there with the lies, now you've got people denying things…

— Ricky Gervais

When a crab's pissed it walks forward.

— Ricky Gervais

Humor is to get us over terrible things.

— Ricky Gervais

Famous people are above the law,

— Ricky Gervais

Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.

— Ricky Gervais

When someone thanks God, I don't get offended.

— Ricky Gervais

Where there's a will - there's a relative!

— Ricky Gervais

Thank you God for making me an atheist.

— Ricky Gervais

Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others.

— Ricky Gervais