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Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
English Writer
Born: Jun 25, 1961
About Because Me People Think You
Related authors: Agatha Christie Arthur C. Clarke D. H. Lawrence Douglas Adams Gilbert K. Chesterton John Ruskin Rudyard Kipling Thomas Paine
I was never ambitious. I was never ambitious at school. Ricky Gervais
School Never Ambitious
I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much. Ricky Gervais
People Other About Know Concerned Much Why Lives
I lift weights. Then I put them down again. Ricky Gervais
Down Lift Put Weights Again Them Then
I didn't like noisy cinemas when I wasn't famous. Ricky Gervais
Cinemas Like Noisy Famous
It's funny because I was offered film parts the first week after 'The Office' went out. I was sent a script, and I said, 'Who's the lead?' They said, 'We want you to be.' And I said: 'Well, who's going to go and see that? You want John Cusack.' Ricky Gervais
Funny You First Out John See Week Lead Well Parts Because Said Go Offered Office Going Want After Script Sent Film
As an artist, you want as many people as possible to see your work with no interference. And usually, I've gone onto fringe channels: BBC Two, HBO, Channel 4. Ricky Gervais
Work You People Gone Channel Channels Possible See Onto Fringe Artist Want Interference Your Many Two
I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine. Ricky Gervais
Comedy Own Mine Way Though Would My Own More Network Because Doing Get Viewers Avoided Even
I stand by 'I'm not going to do 'The Office' again.' That would be weird: all the same people sitting at the same desks at a paper merchant's in Slough. Ricky Gervais
People Paper Would Would-Be Slough Merchant Weird Office Same Sitting Going Again Stand
I think Dustin Hoffman has been in at least three of my favorite movies of all time with things like 'Tootsie,' 'Marathon Man.' Getting a bit more arthouse and darker, 'The Graduate' - incredible, barrier-breaking movie, 'The Graduate.' Ricky Gervais
Time Man Three Think Incredible Bit Favorite Favorite Movies Has-Been Darker All-Time More Like Least Been Graduate Dustin Hoffman Getting The Graduate Movie Movies Marathon Things
That's the buzz for me, the creative process. An idea is never as good as when it's in your head. And then it's just how little you ruin it. Ricky Gervais
Good Me You Creative Creative Process Ruin Never Head Idea How Just Process Little Then Your Buzz
I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.' Ricky Gervais
Bit Some More Always Improv Office Did Tiny Little Little Bit
I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine. Ricky Gervais
Dance Wine Drinking Down Weddings Sitting Karaoke Even Grumpy
I've been lucky enough to be able to choose exactly where I want to live. Ricky Gervais
Live Enough Exactly Able Been Where Want Choose Lucky
I was David Bowie-thin up to about 28, and then I discovered food. Ricky Gervais
Food About David Discovered Up Then
I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes. Ricky Gervais
Sometimes Think Our Forgotten Elderly
I think all art - even one as lowly as making jokes about celebrities - is there to make a connection. Ricky Gervais
Art Jokes Think About Make Making Celebrities Lowly Connection Even
Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me. Ricky Gervais
Me Arrogant Stage Bit More Educated Version Persona Much Less Even Aware Played
I don't like it when I see a racist comedian go up and say, 'What are we gonna do about all these immigrants?' and they get a round the applause. I think, 'Well that's not a joke. That's just your biased opinion.' Ricky Gervais
Joke Think Say Immigrants See About Like Comedian Biased Well Opinion Go Up Get Just Gonna Your Round Applause
I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has to be some sort of layer to it. Ricky Gervais
Myself Character Sometimes Comedy State Some Layer Sort Always Opinions Am Routine
I don't mind what people say about me as long as it's an opinion or the truth. If someone says, 'He's the worst comedian in the world,' that's fine. If someone says, 'His face makes me want to punch the TV,' that's fine. But if they say, 'Oh, and I know for a fact he hunts squirrels,' I go: no, no, no... that's a lie. Ricky Gervais
Truth Me Lie People World Mind Face Long Punch Say Says Worst Hunt TV Fine People Say About Someone Fact He Comedian Know Makes Opinion Go His Squirrels Oh Want They Say
I haven't had my teeth fixed, I haven't had a hair transplant. I haven't had a skin peel, tummy tuck. I've done literally nothing. Ricky Gervais
Hair Nothing Skin Peel Teeth Had Fixed Tuck Done Literally Transplant
Humor is to get us over terrible things. Ricky Gervais
Humor Over Terrible Get Us Things
I find comedy easy, and I find drama exciting and tantalising. Ricky Gervais
Comedy Drama Easy Find Exciting
Believe it or not, I work out regularly. Ricky Gervais
Work Believe Out Work Out Regularly
With the Internet era and social media and politics being so out there with the lies, now you've got people denying things they're on camera doing, and then you've got people not really caring about the truth. You've got people supporting people who've done horrific things, but just don't want the other side to get any satisfaction. Ricky Gervais
Politics Truth You People Social Media Internet Other Side Caring Out Lies About Horrific Supporting Got Era Doing Camera Denying Get Any Done Just Being Want Social Then Really Media Satisfaction Now Things
You can laugh at anything. It depends on the joke. Ricky Gervais
You Joke Laugh Depends Anything
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