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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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Being honest is what counts. To make the ordinary extraordinary is so much better than starting with the extraordinary.
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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 think everyone has the ability to be loved.
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The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth.
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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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Piracy doesn't kill music, boy bands do.
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When someone thanks God, I don't get offended.
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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's better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!!
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Just because you're offended, doesn't mean you're right. Some people are offended by mixed marriage, gay people, atheism. So what? F*** 'em.
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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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People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same.
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Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It's just another building block.
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No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.
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That’s the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity.
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You are the result of billions of years of evolution. You will only live for a few years and will never exist again. Absolutely beautiful
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Most people sitting at home aren't cool, successful, witty Hollywood stars, but they all worry about what people think of them when they faux pas.
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America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.
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