--- title: "15 Want Quotes By Ricky Gervais" description: "15 Want quotes by Ricky Gervais. Plus more from Ricky Gervais and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ricky-gervais-851_make_i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkingt_2200518.png" --- > [I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkington-the-new-messiah/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ricky-gervais-851_make_i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkingt_2200518.png) > [If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. I want to know that it lived a great life before it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-i-do-eat-meat-it-s-got-to-be-ethical-i-want-to-know-that-it-lived/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d48/ricky-gervais-851_ethical_if-i-do-eat-meat-it-s-got-to-be-ethical_2502110.png) > [No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/no-one-wants-to-see-cool-people-doing-brilliantly-i-want-to-see-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/ricky-gervais-851_cool-people_no-one-wants-to-see-cool-people-doing-br_1146673.png) > [I want to get all the nations of the world together, it doesn't matter what colour or creed, and I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-want-to-get-all-the-nations-of-the-world-together-it-doesn-t-matter/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95e/ricky-gervais-851_available_i-want-to-get-all-the-nations-of-the-wor_636224.png) > [I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-use-people-s-real-voices-because-i-want-realism-so-often-i-mention/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/ricky-gervais-851_actors_i-use-people-s-real-voices-because-i-wan_2379897.png) > [Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/honor-is-a-gift-a-man-gives-himself-you-can-be-as-good-as-anyone-that/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/ricky-gervais-851_gift_honor-is-a-gift-a-man-gives-himself-you_3131497.png) > [I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-think-the-social-faux-par-is-probably-what-most-people-fear-more/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b0/ricky-gervais-851_faux_i-think-the-social-faux-par-is-probably_1254500.png) > [I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-still-see-myself-as-a-bit-of-a-cottage-industry-being-in-a-room/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/ricky-gervais-851_bits_i-still-see-myself-as-a-bit-of-a-cottage_368504.png) > [You want to see the people you've sort of come to know and love, or love to hate, you want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/you-want-to-see-the-people-you-ve-sort-of-come-to-know-and-love-or/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d99/ricky-gervais-851_and-love_you-want-to-see-the-people-you-ve-sort-o_2869380.png) > [For every wacky postcard, there's a million people waiting to buy it, and for every $10 million of those things, there's one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/for-every-wacky-postcard-there-s-a-million-people-waiting-to-buy-it/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/ricky-gervais-851_aim_for-every-wacky-postcard-there-s-a-milli_1603793.png) > [We didn't evolve; God made us. So I just want to explain to you exactly how that happened... Some of the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/we-didn-t-evolve-god-made-us-so-i-just-want-to-explain-to-you-exactly/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/ricky-gervais-851_bible_we-didn-t-evolve-god-made-us-so-i-just-w_2541876.png) > [Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/someone-trying-to-be-funny-probably-isn-t-as-funny-as-someone-who/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/ricky-gervais-851_angry_someone-trying-to-be-funny-probably-isn_2863534.png) > [We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/we-want-to-see-a-struggle-we-want-to-see-people-falling-over-but/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d1/ricky-gervais-851_drama_we-want-to-see-a-struggle-we-want-to-see_2892517.png) > [“Life is just a series of peaks and troughs, and you don't whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/life-is-just-a-series-of-peaks-and-troughs-and-you-don-t-whether-you/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/ricky-gervais-851_bigs_life-is-just-a-series-of-peaks-and-troug_750341.jpg) > [Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/funny-bones-to-me-are-more-important-than-funny-lines-if-a-comedian/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/ricky-gervais-851_bad-day_funny-bones-to-me-are-more-important-tha_325864.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Ricky Gervais > [I was David Bowie-thin up to about 28, and then I discovered food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-was-david-bowie-thin-up-to-about-28-and-then-i-discovered-food/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-don-t-like-it-when-i-see-a-racist-comedian-go-up-and-say-what-are/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-truth-doesn-t-hurt-whatever-it-is-it-doesn-t-hurt-it-s-better-to/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/if-all-the-atheists-agnostics-left-america-they-d-lose-93-of-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-are-so-many-films-now-where-you-know-the-story-is-a-supporting/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/when-i-was-about-to-be-famous-i-feared-it-on-a-few-levels-i-feared-it/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/it-will-be-great-to-play-a-short-fat-sweaty-loser-for-a-change/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-went-to-university-with-no-money-i-can-t-understand-a-society-that/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-m-a-failed-pop-star-i-always-sneak-a-song-into-everything-i-do/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [The grass isn't always greener on the other side!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/the-grass-isn-t-always-greener-on-the-other-side/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-am-myself-sometimes-and-i-do-state-my-opinions-but-not-in-a-comedy/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/wearing-cosmetics-that-were-tested-on-animals-makes-you-ugly-on-the/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/there-s-a-difference-between-a-job-and-a-career-if-you-re-the-boss/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/stupidity-without-malice-isn-t-horrible-some-people-can-t-help-it/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) > [It's interesting that music in this country... we sort of sold something to America with The Beatles and they sold something back. And we've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/it-s-interesting-that-music-in-this-country-we-sort-of-sold-something/) [Ricky Gervais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ricky-gervais/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/ricky-gervais/#itemlist", "name": "15 Want Quotes By Ricky Gervais", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ricky Gervais" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ricky-gervais/i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkington-the-new-messiah/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ricky-gervais-851_make_i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkingt_2200518.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ricky-gervais-851_make_i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkingt_2200518.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d7d/ricky-gervais-851_make_i-really-just-want-to-make-karl-pilkingt_2200518.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah.” — Ricky Gervais", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. 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