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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.
Rowan Atkinson
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Rowan Atkinson
Age: 69
Born: 1955
Born: January 6
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I don't really have plans like that [move towards more dramatic acting].
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The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!
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I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
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I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
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I'm sure that a French production of this [Maigret series] would be different. For better or worse, who's to say, but probably not very good for 8 o'clock on ITV.
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I would never be a television presenter. It's not something I could ever do.
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Lord, thy one-liners are as good as thy tricks. Thou art indeed an all-round family entertainer.
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