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I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
Eric Idle
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Eric Idle
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 29
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I used to have a house in London, but couldn't face 20 more years of St John's Wood in the rain.
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I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.
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Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.
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At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.
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