Ricky Gervais

I'd much rather eat exactly what I want, and then burn it off, than diet.

— Ricky Gervais

If you're surrounded by idiots, you're the unpopular one and the odd one out because idiots don't like smart asses.

— Ricky Gervais

I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much.

— Ricky Gervais

Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby.

— Ricky Gervais

I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn't have that at the Oscars.

— Ricky Gervais

The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... so that's fun.

— Ricky Gervais

Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do.

— Ricky Gervais

Hollywood is responsible for some of the greatest and worst movies of all time!

— Ricky Gervais

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth . . . Then he said, "Let there be light." Which means…

— Ricky Gervais

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so…

— Ricky Gervais

Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant,…

— Ricky Gervais

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't…

— Ricky Gervais

I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, "well,…

— Ricky Gervais

I'm quite squeamish, really. I'm philistine and unsophisticated - not because of my great discerning palate but other reasons. Some are moral…

— Ricky Gervais

I think Dustin Hoffman has been in at least three of my favorite movies of all time with things like 'Tootsie,' 'Marathon…

— Ricky Gervais

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer

— Ricky Gervais

I don't know. I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners. 'The Sunshine…

— Ricky Gervais

I don't mind what people say about me as long as it's an opinion or the truth. If someone says, 'He's the…

— Ricky Gervais

Science is constantly proved all the time. If we take something like any fiction, any holy book, and destroyed it, in a…

— Ricky Gervais

When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people…

— Ricky Gervais

I'd never tried as hard with anything as I did with 'The Office,' and it was one of the things I'm proud…

— Ricky Gervais

I didn't know I was poor, growing up, because everyone was in the same boat. I couldn't have bikes. It never really…

— Ricky Gervais

For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden…

— Ricky Gervais

I no longer needed a reason for my existence, just a reason to live. And imagination, free will, love, humor, fun, music,…

— Ricky Gervais

I find comedy easy, and I find drama exciting and tantalising.

— Ricky Gervais

You have to be 100% behind someone, before you can stab them in the back.

— Ricky Gervais

The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.

— Ricky Gervais

I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

— Ricky Gervais

What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were…

— Ricky Gervais

Being honest is what counts. To make the ordinary extraordinary is so much better than starting with the extraordinary.

— Ricky Gervais

I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.

— Ricky Gervais

It's an honor to be on the same network that gave us 'The Sopranos,' ...They made me an offer I couldn't refuse.

— Ricky Gervais

I think all art - even one as lowly as making jokes about celebrities - is there to make a connection.

— Ricky Gervais

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.

— Ricky Gervais

I've never worked out what the moral of Humpty Dumpty is. I can only think of: Don't sit on a wall, if…

— Ricky Gervais

Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside

— Ricky Gervais

The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.

— Ricky Gervais

If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. I want to know that it lived a great life before it…

— Ricky Gervais

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed.

— Ricky Gervais

She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'

— Ricky Gervais