You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
“Crop rotation in the 14th century was considerably more widespread after John?” — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe,… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing… — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. — Rik Mayall Copy Share Image
