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I can never do better than 'Fawlty Towers,' whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.
John Cleese
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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
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Everything in comedy's got to be exactly right, which is why making a comedic film is kind of a difficult process, because, for most of the two years of shooting it and editing it and reshooting and all of that, it's not quite right. And it's only when you just at the end, you put the final polish on it, it becomes really funny again.
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Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.
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Political correctness is a bit like a granny, a maiden aunt arriving at a party when everyone's having a good time. And she comes in, they all start sort of buttoning up and becoming self-conscious and behaving properly and then when she leaves, you can have fun again.
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I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.
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What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.
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When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
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Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies
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If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
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The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
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I'm not sure what's going on in Britain. I don't know what's going on in London. Because London is no longer an English city, and that's how they got the Olympics. I mean, they said, We're the most cosmopolitan city on Earth, but it doesn't feel English.
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No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.
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