I have always believed that there should be no subject about which one cannot make jokes, religion included. Clearly, one is always constricted by contemporary mores and trends because, after all, what one seeks above all is an appreciative audience. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Without wanting to claim that I'm really like James Bond I would certainly prefer to be thought of as closer to James Bond than… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
A law which attempts to say you can criticise and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd! — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. But to criticise their religion - that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad.… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
I'm not really a writer, so my main problem always is finding the writing talent to write something of the caliber that you would… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
If you're a serious actor, it's when you know you're going to die tomorrow that you really start to feel it. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share
