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The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

Ricky Gervais

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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
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People think The Office was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in the early days of The Office, we went in with it sort of 80 percent scripted and we did some things and then we improv'd and we did - you know, and it gets a laugh on the floor because it's the first time they've heard it.
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You do your own thing and you see if you survive.
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Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.
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I've never regretted saying no to anything, or finishing something. When I'm in the middle of doing something I love, I can have a better idea, and I'll go, Oh God, I can't finish this. Maybe I've got some sort of disorder.
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I'd like to thank God for making me an atheist.
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Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals
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Popularity and democracy aren't a judge, they're just stats.
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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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Hotel bars are pretty good. No one bothers me there. Restaurants are safe. People are quite respectful when you're eating. But what I never do now is go to a busy bar on the weekend, or after 8 o'clock at night. That's the danger zone. Also being trapped. Never go on the Metro, or a bus.
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I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do.
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I feel sorry for people in power. I feel sorry for the Queen, in a way, that she hasn't had a normal life. It'd difficult for me to hate anyone. Immediately someone's unpopular, I feel sorry for them.
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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 see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.
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I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no to. You don't say no to working with The Simpsons... the greatest comedy show on television. You mustn't. Even though going to my bad judgment, I remember saying that all I can do is make this show slightly worse.
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I think the social faux par is probably what most people fear... more people fear public speaking than death and that's because we don't want to make a fool of ourselves. It's fundamental.
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Since there is absolutely no logical reason to assume there is an afterlife, I decided to make the life I have now as much fun as possible.
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Do this or you’ll burn in hell.
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I think everyone has the ability to be loved.
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When you are dead, you do not know you are dead. It's only painful and difficult for others. The same applies when you are stupid.
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Being honest is what counts. To make the ordinary extraordinary is so much better than starting with the extraordinary.
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