Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
If you really don't know where to start or if you're stuck, start generating random connections and allow your intuition to tell… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family - it's like going… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
When people quote sketches to me, half the time I don't know what they're talking about so I have to sort of… — 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
The British fans are liable to suddenly be talking to you about something that you don't know how you got into the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
All humour is critical, you know? You make stupid jokes. I mean, stupidity is an infirmity, isn't it? — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think there are so many activities going on, like mountaineering. You know, you would pay good money not to have to… — 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
