I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
It's quite easy to make a load of people laugh, it's often a reflex action, but I think to make them cry… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I wanted to be clever, but being funny came first. That's how you know someone is clever. They don't come out and… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I like grown-up comedy, where it's about character and attitude and life as opposed to obvious gross-out and jokes. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48.… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Oscars isn't about comedy. It's about a bunch of people turning up to see if they have won an award. It's a… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional,… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I can't find someone funny whom I don't like. Hitler told great jokes. I didn't find it funny at all. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Real racist jokes or sexist jokes aren't funny - not because they're offensive, but because they're not true. As soon as a… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I could always take a joke. I could always be the butt of the joke. I could always hand it out. That… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Comedy and drama are different sides of the same coin. And the thing about comedy and drama is about likability. It's about… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The world is not entirely comic and it's not entirely dramatic. You have a laugh and then someone finds a lump and… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I went to university with no money. I can't understand a society that wouldn't give a poor person the same opportunity as a rich… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
![“Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you could read them yourself. Whereas if someone [you like] shambles out, and they tell you what a bad day they've had, they don't have to say anything. I love them. I want to hug them…” quote by Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c0/ricky-gervais-851_bad-day_funny-bones-to-me-are-more-important-tha_325864.jpg)
![“[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to not be the one trying to make other people laugh. I'm happy laughing at someone else. I enjoy laughing and I'll happily be the one just laughing all night if you can make me laugh.” quote by Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7f6/ricky-gervais-851_all-night_as-a-kid-i-did-enjoy-making-people-laugh_2523815.jpg)
