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I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.
Ricky Gervais
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Ricky Gervais
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 25
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Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down.
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I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you.
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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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She said, 'I'm your biggest fan,' and I said, 'Who are you?' She said, 'Paris Hilton.'
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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 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 what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not.
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If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist?
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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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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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If I do eat meat, it's got to be ethical. I want to know that it lived a great life before it was killed humanely.
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Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869.
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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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I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.
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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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