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I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at it as a writer and when the writing thing is OK and I'm happy with it, then I put on my actor's hat.

~John Cleese

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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 were just trying to make each other laugh.

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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 want to write a book which is the history of comedy.

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I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

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When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.

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Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

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Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

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I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her.

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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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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Actor

Born: October 27th, 1939

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