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 Image
I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The one thing I would never wish it to be thought is that you play serious roles in order to achieve some… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
We haven't made any particular decision [on Maigret], I haven't been asked if I want to carry on with it. All these… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Although the great frustration about this [role] is the fact that there's one thing Maigret never does, and that's drive. He's always… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
This is sort of inflection-free acting [playing Maigret], and I really wasn't sure if I could do it - you make your… — 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… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
[Maigret] is more internal. I think if we made more of these I might let him out a bit. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
It certainly helps, I think, with some actors to understand the process of acting. You see what extraordinary pressure they're under, there's… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
ITV and the production company contacted me and asked if I fancied playing the role [of Maigret]. It took me a long… — 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
![“We haven't made any particular decision [on Maigret], I haven't been asked if I want to carry on with it. All these things are a matter of whether you feel as though the idea is developing and whether it's still interesting to play.” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e21/rowan-atkinson-3883_decision_we-haven-t-made-any-particular-decision_1507331.jpg)
![“Although the great frustration about this [role] is the fact that there's one thing Maigret never does, and that's drive. He's always driven, or he takes the train, or he gets the bus. I was saying 'Well, why don't we ring the changes for the 21st Century, and stick him in the car?'. [Executive…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/46a/rowan-atkinson-3883_21st-century_although-the-great-frustration-about-thi_1809992.jpg)
![“This is sort of inflection-free acting [playing Maigret], and I really wasn't sure if I could do it - you make your mind up on whether I've succeeded or not. But yes, I found it difficult when we were shooting; it was a couple of weeks before I settled into not worrying - to finding a way of…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27c/rowan-atkinson-3883_acting_this-is-sort-of-inflection-free-acting-p_1352359.jpg)
![“[Maigret] is more internal. I think if we made more of these I might let him out a bit.” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cec/rowan-atkinson-3883_bits_maigret-is-more-internal-i-think-if-we-m_1990264.jpg)
![“ITV and the production company contacted me and asked if I fancied playing the role [of Maigret]. It took me a long time to decide to do it. In fact, I decided not to. I thought about it for some weeks, and thought 'perhaps not' and it went away for a while, and then it sort of came back. They…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/32d/rowan-atkinson-3883_business_itv-and-the-production-company-contacted_2881487.jpg)
