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People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.
Ricky Gervais
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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
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Ricky Dene Gervais
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I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants it, as opposed to going to work for someone.
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Your God is the best God. In fact, he's the only God. All other Gods are ridiculous, made up rubbish. Not yours though. Yours is real.
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Dear Religion, This week I safely dropped a man from space while you shot a child in the head for wanting to go to school. Yours, Science.
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Growing up, the most important thing, after taking care of your family and getting a decent job of work, was having a laugh. That was the point to life.
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The terrible thing in England is if you interview a thousand people, five hundred of them will talk like they're going into a Guy Ritchie movie and the other five hundred will be Mr. Darcy. So we had to find cool, working class kids with no profile who could be John Travolta and James Dean and people like that.
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Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty... satisfaction. That's what I'm... you know. Trust people and they'll be true to you. Treat them greatly, and they will show themselves to be great.
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There are good and bad critics like good or bad artists. A good critic says why they didn't like it. A bad critic gives it away that they don't like you as a person. I quite like that as well, because it means that I've won.
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Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission
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I want to get all the nations of the world together, it doesn't matter what colour or creed, and I want to sit them down and say: Guys, The Office is still available on DVD.
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When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.
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I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.
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If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.
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The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.
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I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career.
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Americans are brought up to believe they can grow up to be the president of the United States. Brits are told, It won't happen to you.
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You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what that is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say 'I did that.'
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I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof.
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Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals
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Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too late. But do it now
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My ideal meal would probably be the cheesiest pasta or pizza, followed by something creamy and chocolaty. I mean, just the worst things, really.
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