The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I think humor is incredibly positive, I think it is life advancing. There's medical research to show that it improves your antibodies.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
“The problem was that I carried around with me a tendency to feel that other people’s respect for me would vanish if… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
“I could see (though not as clearly as I do now) that one of my biggest problems was me. Because I wanted… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
“Graham Chapman, co-author of the "Parrot Sketch", is no more. He has ceased to be. Bereft of life, he rests in peace.… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' — John Cleese Copy Share Image
You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies — John Cleese Copy Share Image
A lot of humour is about just enjoying life and spontaneity and because you make a joke that puts somebody down -… — 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
