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John Cleese quotes: Toffs could get up to speed. But Ben at least knew roughly Toffs could get up to speed. But Ben at least knew roughly
John Cleese quotes: English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere. English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.
John Cleese quotes: The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else. The writing is the most important bit, and performing it is just closing the circle because I'm less likely to screw it up than anyone else.
John Cleese quotes: When I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision. When I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision.
John Cleese quotes: Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me. Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me.
John Cleese quotes: When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger. When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.
John Cleese quotes: Only an obsessional procrastinator would cry, 'Let's run for our lives, but not till Wednesday afternoon.' Back Only an obsessional procrastinator would cry, 'Let's run for our lives, but not till Wednesday afternoon.' Back
John Cleese quotes: I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret. I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.
John Cleese quotes: I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric! I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!
John Cleese quotes: I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life. I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.
John Cleese quotes: Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult. Telling people how to be creative is easy - being creative is difficult.
John Cleese quotes: I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references. I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references.
John Cleese quotes: Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago. Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.
John Cleese quotes: I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like. I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.
John Cleese quotes: Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it. Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.
John Cleese quotes: Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it. Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.
John Cleese quotes: No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem. No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.
John Cleese quotes: Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It's about the willingness to play. Creativity is not the possession of some special talent.
It's about the willingness to play.
John Cleese quotes: But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with. But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
John Cleese quotes: You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change. You don't have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life's about change.
John Cleese quotes: Laughter is a force for democracy. Laughter is a force for democracy.
John Cleese quotes: When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ... ' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ... '. When people say 'I'm not a prude, but ... ' what they mean is 'I am a prude, and ... '.
John Cleese quotes: Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven. Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.
John Cleese quotes: Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it. Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.
John Cleese quotes: I think that I feel an indignation when I don't understand something. I think that I feel an indignation when I don't understand something.
John Cleese quotes: He who laughs most, learns best He who laughs most, learns best
John Cleese quotes: Terry Gilliam has spoken scathingly about my preference for physical comfort. I have come to the conclusion that this is very much his problem. Terry Gilliam has spoken scathingly about my preference for physical comfort. I have come to the conclusion that this is very much his problem.
John Cleese quotes: Years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced. Years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.
John Cleese quotes: I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John Cleese quotes: I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself. I've always found life quite difficult to explain to people or to myself.
John Cleese quotes: I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation. I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation.
John Cleese quotes: I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got. I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got.
John Cleese quotes: England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are. England is a fairly envious little country and it's embodied in the press. They don't like anyone being more distinguished than they are.
John Cleese quotes: Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making amistake. Nothing will stop you being creative more effectively as the fear of making a
mistake.
John Cleese quotes: Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me! Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!
John Cleese quotes: God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered. God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
John Cleese quotes: And now for something completely different . . . And now for something completely different . . .
John Cleese quotes: I realised that I really disliked him, and I knew exactly why: he didn't know the difference between being solemn and being serious. I realised that I really disliked him, and I knew exactly why: he didn't know the difference between being solemn and being serious.
John Cleese quotes: In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both. In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
John Cleese quotes: So . . . suddenly there were no tapes of The 1948 Show. It was no more. It was an ex-series. So . . . suddenly there were no tapes of The 1948 Show. It was no more. It was an ex-series.
John Cleese quotes: It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with. It's easier to be creative if you've got other people to play with.
John Cleese quotes: My hovercraft is full of eels. My hovercraft is full of eels.
John Cleese quotes: Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand. Other people, you know, put a latex rubber on, you know, to become sexually excited. There's so much I don't understand.
John Cleese quotes: What's the bleedin' point? What's the bleedin' point?
John Cleese quotes: OTTO. Apes don't read philosophy.WANDA. Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it. OTTO. Apes don't read philosophy.
WANDA. Yes they do, Otto. They just don't understand it.
John Cleese quotes: A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people. A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
John Cleese quotes: Always start where the energy is. Always start where the energy is.
John Cleese quotes: I think it takes a long time, as you get older, to realize just how crazy the world is, just how ridiculous it all is. I think it takes a long time, as you get older, to realize just how crazy the world is, just how ridiculous it all is.
John Cleese quotes: We moved back to the Raffles', then back to Devon (to Horrabridge, where I saw a spider so big I could hear its footsteps). We moved back to the Raffles', then back to Devon (to Horrabridge, where I saw a spider so big I could hear its footsteps).
John Cleese quotes: Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas. Come to me. I want to plow you like a Calgary driveway at Christmas.
John Cleese quotes: If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat? If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?
John Cleese quotes: Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don't matter at all. Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don't matter at all.
John Cleese quotes: If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick, If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick,
John Cleese quotes: A man will give up almost anything except his suffering. A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.
John Cleese quotes: It's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve. It's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.
John Cleese quotes: The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there ... Not the other way around! The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there ... Not the other way around!
John Cleese quotes: It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
John Cleese quotes: We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops. We don't know where we get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.
John Cleese quotes: If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?' If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'
John Cleese quotes: John Cleese ... he cannot sing and keeps a locked piano in his room to prove it. John Cleese ... he cannot sing and keeps a locked piano in his room to prove it.
John Cleese quotes: What I've always wanted to do is be as funny as possible. What I've always wanted to do is be as funny as possible.
John Cleese quotes: Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating. Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.
John Cleese quotes: Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty) Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty)
John Cleese quotes: The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole. The Americans are just more enthusiastic and more likely to engage in hyperbole.
John Cleese quotes: It was not fair and therefore unworthy of my respect. It was as simple as that. It was not fair and therefore unworthy of my respect. It was as simple as that.
John Cleese quotes: I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect. I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.
John Cleese quotes: If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play
John Cleese quotes: Yes, I know it's easy to make fun of the organised churches, but has it occurred to anyone to wonder why it's so easy? Yes, I know it's easy to make fun of the organised churches, but has it occurred to anyone to wonder why it's so easy?
John Cleese quotes: I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though. I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.
John Cleese quotes: Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like ... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all. Don't let anyone tell you what you ought to like ... Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don't appeal to me at all.
John Cleese quotes: Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted. Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.
John Cleese quotes: I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force. I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.
John Cleese quotes: One minute, I was saying, "Hello, Mr. Bunny!" and smiling at its sweet little face and funny floppy ears. The next, the fucker savaged me. One minute, I was saying, "Hello, Mr. Bunny!" and smiling at its sweet little face and funny floppy ears. The next, the fucker savaged me.
John Cleese quotes: The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.
John Cleese quotes: Laughter destroys any divisions between people. Laughter destroys any divisions between people.
John Cleese quotes: Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited. Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
John Cleese quotes: Cats are very intelligent at all the things that cats need to be intelligent about. Cats are very intelligent at all the things that cats need to be intelligent about.
John Cleese quotes: There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of. There's something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we're still a part of.
John Cleese quotes: It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor
John Cleese quotes: Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more. Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.
John Cleese quotes: Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original. Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.
John Cleese quotes: I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman. I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.
John Cleese quotes: Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes. Sense of humor is so much more subjective than anyone believes.
John Cleese quotes: I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires. I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that's to get rid of all my other desires.
John Cleese quotes: While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough. While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough.
John Cleese quotes: The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip. The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
John Cleese quotes: The most creative people have this childlike facility to play. The most creative people have this childlike facility to play.
John Cleese quotes: Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person. Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
John Cleese quotes: Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food. Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
John Cleese quotes: Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies
John Cleese quotes: What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it. What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.
John Cleese quotes: I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive. I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
John Cleese quotes: I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
John Cleese quotes: To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed ... separate from everyday concerns. To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed ... separate from everyday concerns.
John Cleese quotes: When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well. When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
John Cleese quotes: The French have so many civil wars, they can win one now and again. The French have so many civil wars, they can win one now and again.
John Cleese quotes: Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky. Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.
John Cleese quotes: I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?' I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'
John Cleese quotes: Tension is wonderful for making people laugh. Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.
John Cleese quotes: Creativity is not a talent; it's a way of operating. Creativity is not a talent; it's a way of operating.

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