And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The good thing about those original credit card commercials was that they were very "filmic", they were like little movies, so it… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The decision to do it [play Maigret] was related to the fact that the character is a very ordinary man, and generally… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
It's the demand in many ways of modern television drama - it's very low key and naturalistic, and, generally speaking, the characters… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The first couple of weeks of filming were quite tricky for me to find my feet with the character [Maigret], which wasn't… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
What directors of television drama constantly tell you is 'Don't act it. Don't try. Don't emphasise that word'. Whereas with someone like… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
[Maigret Sets a Trap] was always going to be the first film, and it seemed to be quite a nice story. But… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would never wish to say that I've finally waved goodbye to any character, it's just that the emphasis tends to shift. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
It's the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think you're bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It's not something you often do in comedy. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that he doesn't care about… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
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 Image
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd! — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
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 Image
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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![“The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out of the box. I think it's what I'd call an 'optimistic start'. As you know, for me, no glass is anything other than half empty, so I apologise for my reticence in terms of…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f8/rowan-atkinson-3883_bounds_the-character-maigret-is-bound-to-change_1875597.jpg)
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