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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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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
Actor
Comedian
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Musician
Radio Personality
Screenwriter
Stand-Up Comedian
Television Actor
Ricky Dene Gervais
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I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood.
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Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.
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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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Do this or you’ll burn in hell.
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Someone asked me what three things I would save if my house was on fire. I said my cat, my salamander and one of the twins.
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You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad.
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It's the team that matters. Where would The Beatles be without Ringo. If John got Yoko to play drums the history of music would be completely different.
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Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them.
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In a safe Western world where we're not being shot at and we're not starving, the worst thing that happens to us most days is someone's rude to us, or we accidentally insult someone. Social faux pas is the worst thing that happens to most people, most days, so we've got to concentrate on that, really.
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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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Blasphemy: a law to protect an all-powerful, supernatural deity from getting its feelings hurt.
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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, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.
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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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It's a privilege to be in such a great category of people and... I don't believe in God, so I'd like to thank dogs. Dogs have given me everything.
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People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: you're not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? Die old. That's the way- not orthodox, I don't live by the rules you know.
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The grass isn't always greener on the other side!
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The service in L.A. is the best. You don't get sarcastic, surly, fed-up waiters and waitresses like you do in England. They're good at their job and they're there for the customer. The only depressing thing is a lot of them have written more screenplays than me.
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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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I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.
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