Ricky Gervais Quotes - Page 6

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• People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: "you're not fooling anyone", they know I'm rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? Die old. That's the way- not orthodox, I don't live by "the rules" you know.

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  Rocks, Old Things, Rock And Roll

  "The Office". TV Series, www.imdb.com. 2001 - 2003.

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• When people say to me: would you rather be thought of as a funny man or a great boss? My answer's always the same, to me, they're not mutually exclusive.

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  Men, People, Boss

  "Fictional character: David Brent". "The Office", www.imdb.com. 2001-2003.

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• Someone trying to be funny probably isn't as funny as someone who doesn't want to be funny but is and can't help it. Someone being serious or angry might be funny. If you get angry, the first thing I want to do is laugh because I don't know why you're getting that angry. Pathos makes me laugh, funerals make me laugh.

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  Laughing, Funeral, Trying

  "Ricky Gervais Interview: 'Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb', Corpsing With Ben Stiller And The Best Bits Of His Job". HuffPostUK Intreview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 4, 2015.

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• It's quite easy to make a load of people laugh, it's often a reflex action, but I think to make them cry is harder without manipulating them.

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  Thinking, People, Laughing

  "Night At The Museum - Ricky Gervais interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.

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  Please Me, Done, Common

  Interview with Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. April 15, 2010.

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• There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry about everything all the time.

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  Jobs, Differences, Careers

  "Ricky Gervais Interview: 'Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb', Corpsing With Ben Stiller And The Best Bits Of His Job". The Huffington Post UK Interview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 4, 2015.

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• I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.

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  Sheep, Wolves In Sheep's Clothing, Clothings

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• My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty pleasure is everything MMA. Ultimate Fighter is amazing.

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  Years, Bridges, Mma

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. September 4, 2013.

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• A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been.

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  Humor, Used, Jokes

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• It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.

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  Play, Loser, Fats

  "Gervais To Play Flanimal" By Orlando Parfitt, www.ign.com. April 29, 2009.

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• I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've heard a car tire screech and 30 people went to the window. That was a piece of excitement in their day, that a car might have had to stop quickly, you know. You don't need dinosaurs, you know.

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  People, Car, Office

  "'The Office' Star Ricky Gervais Back with 'Extras'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. September 22, 2005.

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• I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people.

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  People, Embarrassed, Persons

  "'The Office' Star Ricky Gervais Back with 'Extras'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. September 22, 2005.

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• I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.

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  Dressing Up, Faces, Comedy

  "Ricky Gervais goes to Springfield". Interview with Brian Viner, www.independent.co.uk. April 14, 2006.

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• Daniel Day-Lewis would play me as a baby. He can do anything. Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt are fighting out for me now. And Meryl Streep will play me after the sex change. I haven't told you about that, have I?

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  Baby, Sex, Fighting

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. September 4, 2013.

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• I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you.

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  Running, America, World

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• I want to get all the nations of the world together, it doesn't matter what colour or creed, and I want to sit them down and say: "Guys, The Office is still available on DVD."

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  Dvds, Office, Guy

  "Ricky Gervais goes to Springfield". Interview with Brian Viner, www.independent.co.uk. April 14, 2006.

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• People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again.

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  Past, People, Let Me

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. April 21, 2004.

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• If David Brent is the best thing that I ever come up with, then so be it. What are you supposed to do, time the best thing you do for just before you die?

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  Come Up, Best Things, Dies

  2003 On his character in the television series The Office. Quoted in the Observer, 14 Dec.

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• Same-sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it's equal rights.

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  Sex, Gay, Rights

  Twitter post from Apr 28, 2015

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• If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. I want to know that it lived a great life before it was killed humanely.

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  Meat, Want, Ethical

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• I feel sorry for people in power. I feel sorry for the Queen, in a way, that she hasn't had a normal life. It'd difficult for me to hate anyone. Immediately someone's unpopular, I feel sorry for them.

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  Queens, Sorry, Hate

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. January 10, 2007.

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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!

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  Funny, Sexy, Clever

  "Fictional character: David Brent". TV Series "The Office" ("Downsize", 2001), 2001-2003.

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• I've been nominated four times, never won. And the whole world is going, `Why hasn't Winslet won one?' That's why I'm doing it. "Schindler's Bloody List," "The Pianist," Oscars coming out of their ass.

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  World, Four, Oscars

  "'The Office' Star Ricky Gervais Back with 'Extras'". "Day to Day" with Noah Adams, www.npr.org. September 22, 2005.

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• To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it.

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  Beach, Complaining, Sailor

  "Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant ('The Ricky Gervais Show')". Interview with Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. April 15, 2010.

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• It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!

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  Beautiful, Heart, Order

  "The Award-Wining Comedy Drama Returns". Interview with James Rampton, www.rickygervais.com. April 15, 2014.

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