On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise — John Cleese Copy Share Image
I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
As Daniel Levitin writes, our brain is a "giant pattern detector." If we read something that coincides with what we already believe… — 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 think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it… — John Cleese Copy Share Image
When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you… — 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've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform. — John Cleese Copy Share Image
Writing is the great skill, the creative skill. The acting is more an interpretative skill. And the thrill for me is the… — 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
