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English - Writer Born: June 25, 1961
I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them. Share this Quote
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Science is constantly proved all the time. If we take something like any fiction, any holy book, and destroyed it, in a thousand years' time, that wouldn't come back just as it was. Whereas if we took every science book and every fact and destroyed them all, in a thousand years they'd all be back because all the same tests would be the same result. Share this Quote
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People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. Share this Quote
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I'm a fan of the kind of political correctness that is about not promoting prejudice. But some people in America are offended by equality because when you've had privilege for so long, equality feels like oppression. Share this Quote
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I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. - Ricky Gervais
I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. Share this Quote
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The grass isn't always greener on the other side! Share this Quote
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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. Share this Quote
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Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are. Share this Quote
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Where there's a will - there's a relative! Share this Quote
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Free speech is one of the most important things to me, but I think it gets confusing when it comes to offense. Because for one, just because you have the right to say anything, it doesn't mean you have to. Share this Quote
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Proper stupidity is fascinating. Share this Quote
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I don't care whether people say, ''The Office' is rubbish, 'Extras' is worse, 'Flanimals' is a waste of time. He's not funny; he never has been. I hate him.' I don't mind that at all. In fact, not only do I expect it, I celebrate it, because I think the haters are really important. Share this Quote
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Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it. Share this Quote
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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.' Share this Quote
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You give up a lot being an atheist. Share this Quote
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My dad was a laborer. And he used to get up at 5:30 every morning. He worked for 50 years of his life, in all weathers for, by showbiz standards, petty cash. I remind myself of that when I feel a little bit spoiled or hard done by. Share this Quote
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You should make something. You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that.' Share this Quote
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I think being nice is more important than being clever. Share this Quote
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I think it's important to hold a mirror up to society and yourself. Share this Quote
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There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. Share this Quote
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I didn't know I was poor, growing up, because everyone was in the same boat. I couldn't have bikes. It never really bothered me, but I could have any book. I loved school; I loved learning. Yeah, I never cared for possessions. I still don't, really. Share this Quote
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Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming! Share this Quote
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Karl Pilkington has the roundest head, I think, in the world. It's not technically a deformity, but I've never seen anything quite that spherical. Share this Quote
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If you spend your days doing what you love, it is impossible to fail. So I go about my days trying to bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. And then everyone gets furious about it. And then I sit back and say, 'I did that!' Share this Quote
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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. Share this Quote
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Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it. Share this Quote
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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. Share this Quote
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A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That's luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that's a disgusting attitude, revolting. Share this Quote
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With Netflix, I browse; I watch documentaries about things I'd never dream of, but I think, 'I might as well.' Share this Quote
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I wanted to be clever, but being funny came first. That's how you know someone is clever. They don't come out and tell you pi to 13 places - they tell you a joke. Share this Quote
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There's nothing wrong with being respected by your peers. There's nothing wrong with trying to do your best. There's nothing wrong with success. There's not even anything wrong with trying to get a raise. There's nothing wrong with that. Share this Quote
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Everything I do is somehow rooted in humanity. It's always about people; it's always about ego. It's always about desperation. It's quite existential. You know, 'Am I leading a good life?' That might be because I'm an atheist, and I think this is all we've got, so you better be nice. And have fun. Share this Quote
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Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away. Share this Quote
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I'd much rather eat exactly what I want, and then burn it off, than diet. Share this Quote
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Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got. Share this Quote
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I'm a scientist at heart, so I know how important the truth is. However inconvenient, however unattractive, however embarrassing, however shocking, the truth is the truth, and wanting it not to be true doesn't change things. Share this Quote
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You can be watching the greatest film in the world, and if you hear your neighbor getting into a fight, you're at the window. Share this Quote
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I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine. Share this Quote
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Fame is an upshot of what I do. If you're a successful comedian or actor, then you're a famous one. But it's not the driving force. It's a by-product. Share this Quote
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You can laugh at anything. It depends on the joke. Share this Quote
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There are no Hollywood stars speaking out for the elderly. They're forgotten, bewildered, and I don't think it's because people are cruel or don't care. It's because you don't want to think about your own mortality. I think people don't talk about it enough. Share this Quote
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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.' Share this Quote
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I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well. Share this Quote
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I really just want to make Karl Pilkington the new messiah. Share this Quote
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Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn't matter what you believe. Share this Quote
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Why buy a book when you can join a library. Share this Quote
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I was very protective of my privacy. I didn't want people to write bad things about me that weren't true, because that's just not fair. Fifty percent of everything written about me is wrong. Share this Quote
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When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins. Share this Quote
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I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes. Share this Quote
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I don't know why other people are concerned about other people's lives that much. Share this Quote
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My career, I look at it in a Darwinian framework. I'm going to do exactly what I want, and I'm going to survive, or I'm not. I'm not going to pander. I'm not going to change things. I'm not going to do focus groups. I'll live and die by the sword. I don't care. Because I couldn't live with myself. Share this Quote
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I'd never tried as hard with anything as I did with 'The Office,' and it was one of the things I'm proud of. I wasn't trying to be famous or a comedian, but this opportunity came along when I was 38 or 39. It came late, and I couldn't have been prouder of it. Share this Quote
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How many times have we seen reality celebrities fall from grace - often through no fault of their own - and then go on a show like 'Celebrity Big Brother' and say, 'I want to show the public a different side of me.' And I'm screaming at the telly going, 'This is not therapy. This is voyeurism!' Share this Quote
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All of my friends are oddities. Share this Quote
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I'm a fang-toothed, blob-nosed, slouchy slob. Share this Quote
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Sometimes being old is used as an insult, which is bizarre because, if you're lucky, that's literally going to happen to you. It's a strange thing to gloat about: being born recently. Share this Quote
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When I go to work, I don't want to make depressing, gritty, urban stories that are depressing to watch. I want to give people something to enjoy. When people think I'm a control freak and an ogre - which I am - it's only because I want my work to be accessible and Everyman, in a way. Share this Quote
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I lift weights. Then I put them down again. Share this Quote
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I like grown-up comedy, where it's about character and attitude and life as opposed to obvious gross-out and jokes. Share this Quote
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Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute because they're thinking about something. Share this Quote
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