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I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.
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John Cleese
Age: 85
Born: 1939
Born: October 27
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John Marwood Cleese
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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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If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
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Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.
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My hovercraft is full of eels.
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There's nothing good on the television let's burn a witch. It must have been terribly exciting to live in those times.
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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.
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It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor
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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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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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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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Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
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Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.
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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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It’s only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.
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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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If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.
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Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.
John Cleese
Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
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We all die at the end, but does that nullify everything? Would most people rather say, I wish I hadn't been born? Once you're born you'll have to die, now is that funny or sad?
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By watching the great, old comedians I picked up a few tricks about how to do physical comedy. And whenever I could learn something, I sort of added that to my repertoire.
John Cleese
