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Comedy Quotes by Ricky Gervais
- Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too…
- I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy…
- The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people…
- I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.
- I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity.
- Oscars isn't about comedy. It's about a bunch of people turning up to see if they have won an award. It's a historic, stuffy thing…
- I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners...actress who does a Holocaust movie because, as she…
- I don't know. I suppose I grew up wishing I was an American Jew for the comedy and the one-liners. 'The Sunshine Boys' is one…
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