The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
...when you collaborate with someone else on something creative, you get to places that you would never get to on your own.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The very essence of playfulness is an openness to anything that may happen, the feeling that whatever happens, it's okay... you're either free to… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I wish you wusses would stop whining about your unhappiness. I'm really fed up with it. Pour yourself a scotch and pull yourself together.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
