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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.

Ricky Gervais

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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
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I never understood redemption when I was young. Even before I was an atheist, I always thought with the prodigal son, well, why's he getting the special treatment?
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I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.
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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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For any of you who don't know, the Golden Globes are just like the Oscars, but without all that esteem. The Golden Globes are to the Oscars what Kim Kardashian is to Kate Middleton. A bit louder, a bit trashier, a bit drunker, and more easily bought.
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Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming!
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Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational
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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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The simple fact is, offense is taken, not given.
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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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Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally.
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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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I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that.
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That's the amazing thing about life. You can just rub it out, like a blackboard, and start again.
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I get so sick of people asking: What's your demographic? Or: Oh we've got to aim this at... No, you have to aim it at you. You do the thing you would love... make the thing you would love and be proud of. There's enough people in the world that, if you do that and do it well as a single vision, they'll go: That's my favourite thing ever!
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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 have to be excited, I have to have an adrenaline rush about doing something, or it bores me, I feel trapped.
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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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Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity.
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Never fear the truth. No bad can come of discussing a true subject. No bad at all.
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We shouldn't even need the word 'atheism'. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them.
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