Rowan Atkinson

In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the…

— Rowan Atkinson

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

— Rowan Atkinson

It's the demand in many ways of modern television drama - it's very low key and naturalistic, and, generally speaking, the characters…

— Rowan Atkinson

I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

— Rowan Atkinson

As I was leaving this morning, I said to myself 'the last thing you must do is forget your speech.' And sure…

— Rowan Atkinson

The good thing about those original credit card commercials was that they were very "filmic", they were like little movies, so it…

— Rowan Atkinson

It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.

— Rowan Atkinson

I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to…

— Rowan Atkinson

To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a right. That…

— Rowan Atkinson

I've read about eight or ten of the original novels, and one of them is where Maigret's in bed for the entire…

— Rowan Atkinson

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

— Rowan Atkinson

I'm very good at having time off. I tend to take whole years off - I had 1994 and 1997 off. I…

— Rowan Atkinson

It was the challenge of that that I found daunting, but also engaging and interesting [to play Maigret].

— Rowan Atkinson

I'm sure that a French production of this [Maigret series] would be different. For better or worse, who's to say, but probably…

— Rowan Atkinson

It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.

— Rowan Atkinson

The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view…

— Rowan Atkinson

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

Art is something that nobody laughs at and nobody makes any money out of is the attitude, which I would dispute.

— Rowan Atkinson

I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12…

— Rowan Atkinson

I have always believed that there should be no subject about which one cannot make jokes, religion included. Clearly, one is always…

— Rowan Atkinson

I, on the other hand, am a fully-rounded human being, with a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the…

— Rowan Atkinson

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

What directors of television drama constantly tell you is 'Don't act it. Don't try. Don't emphasise that word'. Whereas with someone like…

— Rowan Atkinson

The decision to do it [play Maigret] was related to the fact that the character is a very ordinary man, and generally…

— Rowan Atkinson

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.

— Rowan Atkinson