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Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right.

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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Musician
Radio Personality
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Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
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Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.
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My physique is down to 20 years of eating cheese.
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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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To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it.
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I like my baths really deep and hot. But washing everything only takes a few minutes. So I thought it would be a waste to just flush all that water away. So there was nothing else to do but take pictures of myself trying to look as horrendous as possible. Oh my, what have I started?
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I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.
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You can drive 1,000 miles across America and find yourself, whereas if you drive a few miles from Slough you're in London anyway, or you hit Wales and you're in another country! Also, wherever you are in England it's still raining.
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Where there's a will - there's a relative!
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I don't believe in about 2700 Gods. Christians don't believe in 2699 Gods. They're nearly as atheistic as me.
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It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it? I could tell you I've got superpowers. But I can't go up to people saying Prove I can't fly. They'd go: What do you mean 'Prove you can't fly'? Prove you can!
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Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally.
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I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.
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I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.
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She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'
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I don't live by The Rules you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is a maverick, someone who does 'that' to the system then it's Ian Botham.
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[As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to not be the one trying to make other people laugh. I'm happy laughing at someone else. I enjoy laughing and I'll happily be the one just laughing all night if you can make me laugh.
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The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
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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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Thank you God for making me an atheist.
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I think everyone has the ability to be loved.
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