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I think the special thing abo...

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

To me, the musical is best wh...

To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

The Minister of Transport iss...

The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I won't read scripts because ...

I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I have been very blessed in m...

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

A website can be very time-in...

A website can be very time-intensive, but I'd love to have one where people can contribute to it - like invent islands and make their own flags, and their own laws. I think that'd be kind of fun.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Sticks and stones may break m...

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I will jump on anybody's priv...

I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Writers tend to suffer from b...

Writers tend to suffer from back problems because they spend their time bent over a desk.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

The next step will be for the...

The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...', the US will be rather pissed off.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me...

Reading Alan Zweibel makes me laugh out loud. And yet it is not a particularly funny name.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Even if you've written someth...

Even if you've written something for print, I think it's good to try [it] out on someone because it changes. You can think it's hilarious and they can tell you it's not.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Life doesn't make any sense, ...

Life doesn't make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy's job is to point out that it doesn't make sense, and that it doesn't make much difference anyway.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I get to be the first doctor ...

I get to be the first doctor in the family [because of the honorary degree they're giving me].

Eric Idle 80 quotes

A nod's as good as a wink to ...

A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I don't necessarily know much...

I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for about 50 years I've had comedy.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nud...

Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nudge nudge, Say no more?

Eric Idle 80 quotes

So it became in my mind a nin...

So it became in my mind a nine-carol service; an oratorio and orchestral concert all in one, but with narration. That's something I've learned about, because it's the story that keeps you in there. I wrote a libretto and I gave it to John Du Prez. We normally don't work in this fashion but I said off you go, and he went off for about three months. He brought me back this demo which blew my mind.

Eric Idle 80 quotes

I live in a Spanish-style hil...

I live in a Spanish-style hillside home in Los Angeles, California. I paid $900,000 in 1995. It's perhaps worth about $3m now. Thankfully, I paid off my mortgage before the crash because I could see it coming. I worried that I would be caught having to pay off a very high mortgage for a house I couldn't sell.

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We never have that thought! T...

We never have that thought! The whole object is to bite off more than you can chew. John [Du Prez] always says, Eric thinks of something completely insane and insists we go in that direction. It's the correct way to look at things and the correct place to start, I think.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

Мэрилин Монро, Ким Кардашьян и другие

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

Что стало с детьми-звездами: Рэдклифф и компания спустя годы

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

Жизнь за границей: как изменились судьбы 7 уехавших телеведущих

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

Кира Найтли, Деми Мур и другие

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....