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If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way.

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I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.

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If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence.

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The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.

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Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

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I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

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I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

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If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

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As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Comedian

Born: October 14th, 1965

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