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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. — Ricky Gervais

Try something. And never be afraid to fail. That failure is useful too. It's just another building block. — Ricky Gervais

Where there's a will - there's a relative! — Ricky Gervais

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real. — Ricky Gervais

I'll watch Ricky Gervais in anything he does. The guy's hilarious. — Danny DeVito

I love British voicing and British humour in general. I'm a huge Ricky Gervais fan. — McG

We shouldn't even need the word 'atheism'. If people didn't invent ridiculous imaginary gods, rational people wouldn't have to deny them. — Ricky Gervais

She wore defeat like a piece of cheap jewelry. "Worshiping them. Anointing them with oil, Mrs. Gervais," I said. — Pat Conroy

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals. — Ricky Gervais

Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't. — Ricky Gervais

Avoid employing unlucky people - throw half of the pile of CVs in the bin without reading them. — Ricky Gervais

I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. — Ricky Gervais

I don't really inject the rock 'n' roll thing, what I take from rock 'n' roll is probably the melodies and the musical behind it. — Cedric Gervais

Remember, no one can hurt your feelings without your permission — Ricky Gervais

Atheism is the lack of belief in a god (or gods). It makes no claim. It merely rejects the claim that a god (or gods) exists. Nothing more. — Ricky Gervais

I don't think humans are meant to be looked at when we're buying pants. — Ricky Gervais

Some [people] are really smart. You know who you are. Some [people] are really thick. Unfortunately, you don't know who you are. — Ricky Gervais

I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you. — Ricky Gervais

With Ricky Gervais, it's all shades of wrong, it's my kind of humor. — Emily Blunt

I have to be excited, I have to have an adrenaline rush about doing something, or it bores me, I feel trapped. — Ricky Gervais

That's the amazing thing about life. You can just rub it out, like a blackboard, and start again. — Ricky Gervais

I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life. — Ricky Gervais

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit. — Ricky Gervais

I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career. — Ricky Gervais

Be happy. It really annoys negative people. — Ricky Gervais

Telling someone with depression to pull themselves together is about as useful as telling someone with cancer to just stop having cancer — Ricky Gervais

Your God is the best God. In fact, he's the only God. All other Gods are ridiculous, made up rubbish. Not yours though. Yours is real. — Ricky Gervais

A Christian telling an atheist they're going to hell is as scary as a child telling an adult they're not getting any presents from Santa. — Ricky Gervais

Never fear the truth. No bad can come of discussing a true subject. No bad at all. — Ricky Gervais

Animals are not here for us to do as we please with. We are not their superiors, we are their equals. We are their family. Be kind to them. — Ricky Gervais

Just looking at all the faces here reminds me of some of the great work that was done this year ... by cosmetic surgeons. — Ricky Gervais

I remember the first check I got for 'The Office,' and it made me feel sad. It ruined it ... Because there was sort of a nobility in poverty. — Ricky Gervais

I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people. — Ricky Gervais

A world without any lies at all is not a good world, because it's artless and because there are no white lies, no flattery. — Ricky Gervais

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong. — Ricky Gervais

Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better — Ricky Gervais

The grass isn't always greener on the other side! — Ricky Gervais

That's the other thing I learned that day, that the truth, however shocking or uncomfortable, in the end leads to liberation and dignity. — Ricky Gervais

Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got. — Ricky Gervais

I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the audience likes and understands. — Ricky Gervais

It's going to be a night of partying and heavy drinking. Or as Charlie Sheen calls it: Breakfast. — Ricky Gervais

I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment. — Ricky Gervais

It's not terrible, I guess, but if Ricky Gervais was half as talented as me, maybe the show would actually be funny once in a while. — Zach Braff

A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been. — Ricky Gervais

Mondays are fine. It's your life that sucks. — Ricky Gervais

America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us. — Ricky Gervais

You do your own thing and you see if you survive. — Ricky Gervais

It's a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It's the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for. — Ricky Gervais

There's a difference between a job and a career - if you're the boss you don't stop at six o'clock, you have to worry about everything all the time. — Ricky Gervais

I always chose all my friends on whether they were funny. What's a better way to pass the time than laughing or smiling? — Ricky Gervais

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 — Ricky Gervais

I'm not a big comedy show-watcher, but I love Ricky Gervais' stuff and Sacha Baron Cohen's things. But I'm not an expert on them. I've seen them once. — Chris Lilley

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. — Ricky Gervais

If all the Atheists & Agnostics left America, they'd lose 93% of The National Academy of Sciences & less than 1% of the prison population. — Ricky Gervais

People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they're very rarely the same. — Ricky Gervais

I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary. — Ricky Gervais

I'm a pretty big Ricky Gervais fan. — Craig Roberts

It's better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!! — Ricky Gervais

I think comedy has to be an intellectual pursuit. It comes down to logic and analysis. As soon as it becomes emotional, it's not comedy anymore. — Ricky Gervais

Beliefs do not change facts. Facts, if one is rational, should change beliefs. — Ricky Gervais

Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals — Ricky Gervais

Same-sex marriage is not a gay privilege, it's equal rights ... — Ricky Gervais

I can't find someone funny whom I don't like. Hitler told great jokes. I didn't find it funny at all. — Ricky Gervais

I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off. — Ricky Gervais

You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad. — Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais would have you believe otherwise, but Sacha Baron Cohen is the most successful British comedian in the world. — David Walliams

Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside — Ricky Gervais

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. — Ricky Gervais

I don't do anything for the money. — Ricky Gervais

I love how people walk around with crucifixes, skullcaps, pointy hats, funny beards and then say 'you should keep your atheism to yourself.' — Ricky Gervais

Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity. — Ricky Gervais

It's a privilege to be in such a great category of people and ... I don't believe in God, so I'd like to thank dogs. Dogs have given me everything. — Ricky Gervais

You won't burn in hell. But be nice anyway. — Ricky Gervais

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects. — Ricky Gervais

Look, just tell me where that lemon came from and I'll shut up and go away. — Ricky Gervais

Celebrities, make it harder for hackers to get nude pics of you from your computer by not putting nude pics of yourself on the computer. — Ricky Gervais

With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun. — Ricky Gervais

To complain about critics in a business is like a sailor complaining about the waves. Go back to the beach if you don't like it. — Ricky Gervais

If there is a God, why did he make me an atheist? — Ricky Gervais

Some of my favorite shows are Ricky Gervais' 'Extras' and 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' — Brian Dunkleman

Body language is more powerful than words. — Ricky Gervais

Atheism is a belief system",
is like saying "not going skiing, is a hobby. — Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais is a genius. — Oscar Nunez

The funniest part of that joke is, 'say what you will about Hitler'.
-to Ricky Gervais on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee — Jerry Seinfeld

I see Atheists are fighting and killing each other again, over who doesn't believe in any God the most. Oh, no..wait.. that never happens. — Ricky Gervais

There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most precious. — Ricky Gervais

The truth doesn't hurt. Whatever it is, it doesn't hurt. It's better to know the truth. — Ricky Gervais

I've got the attention span of a child. — Ricky Gervais

You can just keep getting it worse until you have to pull back and let the audience breathe. But yeah, I really love digging. — Ricky Gervais

My physique is down to 20 years of eating cheese. — Ricky Gervais

Unlike religious people, I look at all religions equally. — Ricky Gervais

Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do. — Ricky Gervais

People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again. — Ricky Gervais

Ignorance might be bliss for the ignorant, but for the rest of us it's a right fucking pain in the arse — Ricky Gervais

Thank you God for making me an atheist. — Ricky Gervais

My philosophy? Have a laugh for as long as you can and don't get run over. Or stabbed. — Ricky Gervais

I went to university with no money. I can't understand a society that wouldn't give a poor person the same opportunity as a rich person. — Ricky Gervais

Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better — Ricky Gervais

What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were born. — Ricky Gervais

I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood. — Ricky Gervais