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I like to relish words and sentences, and phraseology, and there's not much facility for that [playing Maigret].
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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I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.
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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy it's just all so stressful and worrying.
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Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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The character [Maigret] is bound to change and develop, and I wouldn't like to claim that we are perfectly formed straight out of the box. I think it's what I'd call an 'optimistic start'. As you know, for me, no glass is anything other than half empty, so I apologise for my reticence in terms of promoting this programme.
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