John Cleese Quotes

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• Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.
• The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
• Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
• If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can…
• English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.
• I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
• I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.
• I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'
• I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.
• In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
• Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?
• Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
• The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the…
• The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
• I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas…
• I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either of you. I'm…
• I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I…
• When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go…
• Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the…
• I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere…

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