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““It was an astonishing fantasy but it showed me what even apparently sensible people can believe if they really want to. I””

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Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.

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Nerves are always a big problem for me, which is why I loved doing American sitcoms. Because you know when you do the take…

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years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.

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I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we…

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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…

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Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'.

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Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It’s about the willingness to play.

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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.…

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On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I…

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