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I don't do karaoke. I don't d...

I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine.

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I'd never tried as hard with ...

I'd never tried as hard with anything as I did with 'The Office,' and it was one of the things I'm proud of. I wasn't trying to be famous or a comedian, but this opportunity came along when I was 38 or 39. It came late, and I couldn't have been prouder of it.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I don't believe in ghosts or ...

I don't believe in ghosts or ESP or elves... or God. But I am spiritual in the sense that I get a lump in my throat when I listen to Vaughan Williams.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I like the ironic pomposity o...

I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to be funny.

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I think you can make fun of a...

I think you can make fun of anything except things people can't help. They can't help their race or their sex or their age, so you ridicule their pretension or their ego instead. You can ridicule ideas - ideas don't have feelings. You can ridicule an idea that someone holds without hurting them.

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Why buy a book when you can j...

Why buy a book when you can join a library.

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I've avoided doing a network ...

I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Ego is hilarious - especially...

Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he is or about how many stadiums he can fill, he stops being funny.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

It's funny because I was offe...

It's funny because I was offered film parts the first week after 'The Office' went out. I was sent a script, and I said, 'Who's the lead?' They said, 'We want you to be.' And I said: 'Well, who's going to go and see that? You want John Cusack.'

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I stand by 'I'm not going to ...

I stand by 'I'm not going to do 'The Office' again.' That would be weird: all the same people sitting at the same desks at a paper merchant's in Slough.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Stupidity without malice isn'...

Stupidity without malice isn't horrible; some people can't help it.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Even on the stage, I've playe...

Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I always do a little bit of i...

I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.'

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I could always take a joke. I...

I could always take a joke. I could always be the butt of the joke. I could always hand it out. That was just who I was.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

All of my friends are odditie...

All of my friends are oddities.

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People now live their lives l...

People now live their lives like an open wound to be famous - they do bad things because they're rewarded for it.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

The best script in the world ...

The best script in the world doesn't work perfectly when you actually act it out. That's a law. That's a given. So you have to play with everything. And the more fun you have with it, the better the finished product.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

When I was growing up, I didn...

When I was growing up, I didn't like cheese. I had to wean myself onto cheese.

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I've got re-addicted to norma...

I've got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about.

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If I've only got a career if ...

If I've only got a career if I bring David Brent back, you can have it.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

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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...

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