I don't think you should be too absolutist about what you play and what you don't play. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The good thing about those original credit card commercials was that they were very "filmic", they were like little movies, so it… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
At the moment, I'm certainly not thinking 'never again', but neither am I thinking 'I can't wait to play that part again'.… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
This is sort of inflection-free acting [playing Maigret], and I really wasn't sure if I could do it - you make your… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I mean I can do it when I'm very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
[Maigret] is more internal. I think if we made more of these I might let him out a bit. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think you're bound to get a sense of any character that you play. It's not something you often do in comedy. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Johnny English is someone who really means well it's just that he's not as good as he thinks he is, and I… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience.… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
It certainly helps, I think, with some actors to understand the process of acting. You see what extraordinary pressure they're under, there's… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
It is very linear storytelling, and I think that's not so much the fashion. I was watching a new drama the other… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Without wanting to claim that I'm really like James Bond I would certainly prefer to be thought of as closer to James Bond than… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Get that right, then- if you get the quality right, then the marketability or whatever; your ability to sell videos or your ability to… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
A law which attempts to say you can criticise and ridicule ideas as long as they are not religious ideas is a very peculiar… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd! — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. But to criticise their religion - that is a right. That… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad.… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
“To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That is a… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance… — Rowan Atkinson Copy Share Image
![“The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out of the box. I think it's what I'd call an 'optimistic start'. As you know, for me, no glass is anything other than half empty, so I apologise for my reticence in terms of…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f8/rowan-atkinson-3883_bounds_the-character-maigret-is-bound-to-change_1875597.jpg)
![“This is sort of inflection-free acting [playing Maigret], and I really wasn't sure if I could do it - you make your mind up on whether I've succeeded or not. But yes, I found it difficult when we were shooting; it was a couple of weeks before I settled into not worrying - to finding a way of…” quote by Rowan Atkinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/27c/rowan-atkinson-3883_acting_this-is-sort-of-inflection-free-acting-p_1352359.jpg)
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