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The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
John Cleese
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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
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John Marwood Cleese
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When people quote sketches to me, half the time I don't know what they're talking about so I have to sort of go, aha, yes, oh yep, I remember that and lie my way out of it.
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Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure about.
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Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.
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There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a World Championship, we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.
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Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
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Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.
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I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.
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My mum died about three years ago at the age of 101, and just towards the end, as she began to run out of energy, she did actually stop trying to tell me what to do most of the time.
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When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.
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The British fans are liable to suddenly be talking to you about something that you don't know how you got into the conversation. I think it's something to do with the fact that they've been watching you for so many years sort of you telling your story.
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Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
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I learned a lot of things about literature talking to people at the publishing company. Did you know that about 90 percent of celebrity autobiographies are ghostwritten?
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God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
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Laughter is the best creative medicine.
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The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.
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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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There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of.
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I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
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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.
John Cleese
When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
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