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Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean uptight incompetent bully comes naturally to me.
— John Cleese
When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.
— John Cleese
Only an obsessional procrastinator would cry, 'Let's run for our lives, but not till Wednesday afternoon.' Back
— John Cleese
It was an astonishing fantasy but it showed me what even apparently sensible people can believe if they really want to. I
— John Cleese
I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!
— John Cleese
I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life.
— John Cleese
Why write about the past? Well, there's more of it.
— John Cleese
Creativity is not the possession of some special talent. It's about the willingness to play. — John Cleese
A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.
— John Cleese
But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
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Laughter is a force for democracy.
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He who laughs most, learns best
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Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not.
— John Cleese
I've always called myself a writer/performer, not an actor because I basically write what I perform.
— John Cleese
What is absurd is not the teachings of the founders of religion, it's what followers subsequently make of it.
— John Cleese
It's only on the brink that people find the will to change. Only at the precipice do we evolve.
— John Cleese
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
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'
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I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.
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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.
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A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.
— John Cleese
I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.
— John Cleese
A man will give up almost anything except his suffering.
— John Cleese
My hovercraft is full of eels.
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So . . . suddenly there were no tapes of The 1948 Show. It was no more. It was an ex-series.
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I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.
— John Cleese
In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both.
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The World is insane. With tiny spots of sanity, here and there ... Not the other way around!
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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
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.
— John Cleese
It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise — John Cleese
Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty)
— John Cleese
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
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
Creativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.
— John Cleese
You have to create boundaries of space and then you have to create boundaries of time.
— John Cleese
Laughter destroys any divisions between people.
— John Cleese
Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.
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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
It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor
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When we hold a World Championship for a particular sport, we invite teams from other countries to play as well.
— John Cleese
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
Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
— John Cleese
Oh, I could spend my life having this conversation - look - please try to understand before one of us dies
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John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
— Eric Idle
How to defend yourself against a banana
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I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.
— John Cleese
To be creative you must create a space for yourself where you can be undisturbed ... separate from everyday concerns.
— John Cleese
I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.
— John Cleese
The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.
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Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.
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Tension is wonderful for making people laugh.
— John Cleese
Creativity is not a talent; it's a way of operating.
— John Cleese
Too many people confuse being serious with being solemn.
— John Cleese