I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
My views are heretical to people who believe in political correctness. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got. — 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… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
We all die at the end, but does that nullify everything? Would most people rather say, "I wish I hadn't been born?"… — 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
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
I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't… — 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
I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive,… — 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 started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They'd say, 'That's a little bit… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
When you've only got few days of rehearsal before you're in the studio, it's wonderful to start off with people that you… — 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
I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
When you get to my age, and I'm 66 now, you realize that the world is a madhouse and that most people… — 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
The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ...' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ...'. — 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
Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
It’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Naturally, people's image is of a performer, but the reality of it is the writing for me has always been the most… — 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
It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend… — 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
