Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
For every wacky postcard, there's a million people waiting to buy it, and for every $10 million of those things, there's one… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
What is the single most important thing for a company? Is it the building? Is it the stock? Is it the turnover?… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. Some people are offended by mixed marriage, gay people, atheism. So what? F*** 'em. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
In a safe Western world where we're not being shot at and we're not starving, the worst thing that happens to us… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for people in power. I feel sorry for the Queen, in a way, that she hasn't had a normal… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn't matter what you believe. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I love how people walk around with crucifixes, skullcaps, pointy hats, funny beards and then say 'you should keep your atheism to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I had great memories of growing up in a working class estate. I remember it being sunny all the time. So we're… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I went to university with no money. I can't understand a society that wouldn't give a poor person the same opportunity as a rich… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has… — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
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