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The Americans all love 'The H...

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 209 quotes

I think you can write very go...

I think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I'm not saying Obama is right...

I'm not saying Obama is right on everything. Of course not. He may be wrong on a number of things. But what I do know is that he behaves like a very, very sane man almost all the time.

John Cleese 209 quotes

If I can get you to laugh wit...

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese 209 quotes

Now most people do not want a...

Now most people do not want an ordinary life in which they do a job well, earn the respect of their collaborators and competitors, bring up a family and have friends. That's not enough any more, and I think that is absolutely tragic - and I'm not exaggerating - that people feel like a decent, ordinary, fun life is no longer enough.

John Cleese 209 quotes

When you've been doing comedy...

When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be.

John Cleese 209 quotes

If life were fair, Dan Quayle...

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'

John Cleese 209 quotes

I think it's because in Ameri...

I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I was always a sports nut but...

I was always a sports nut but I've lost interest now in whether one bunch of mercenaries in north London is going to beat another bunch of mercenaries from west London.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I find it rather easy to port...

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

John Cleese 209 quotes

But then acting is all about ...

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

John Cleese 209 quotes

My compulsion to always be wo...

My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I just think that sometimes w...

I just think that sometimes we hang onto people or relationships long after they've ceased to be of any use to either of you. I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I'm always meeting new people...

I'm always meeting new people, and my list of friends seems to change quite a bit.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I don't miss London much. I f...

I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive.

John Cleese 209 quotes

The English contribution to w...

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I can never do better than Fa...

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 209 quotes

Most of the bad taste I've be...

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 209 quotes

I think that money spoils mos...

I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force.

John Cleese 209 quotes

I can't tell you how scary it...

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family, it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner, everyone knows everyone, and you're there and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to be doing.

John Cleese 209 quotes

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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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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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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...

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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....