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The best way to avoid critici...

The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I think comedy has to be an i...

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 225 quotes

Of all the disciplines involv...

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

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

If David Brent is the best th...

If David Brent is the best thing that I ever come up with, then so be it. What are you supposed to do, time the best thing you do for just before you die?

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Thank you God for making me a...

Thank you God for making me an atheist.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I use people's real voices be...

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 225 quotes

Everything you do is autobiog...

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so it's all my memories of growing up.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I don't think a comedian shou...

I don't think a comedian should even be concerned with being cool or sexy, as soon as you do, you aren't a comedian any more. Looks are still the most important thing for women when it comes to meeting a partner. And that's fair enough, but a sense of humour is really important too. For starters, it's a great indicator of whether you are going to get on. If the first time you go on a date you don't find each other funny, there's a fundamental problem.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I've got the attention span o...

I've got the attention span of a child.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

You try to make characters yo...

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 225 quotes

That's what life is, it's the...

That's what life is, it's the small struggles. You walk down the street for half an hour, you see half an hour of drama. You don't need convoluted plot lines. You don't need long-lost brothers. You don't need it's set on the future; it's set on the moon.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

People think that it's fun to...

People think that it's fun to meet celebrities - but what do you mean by "celebrity"? Someone you recognise? What are they famous for? It's people who've done something that are exciting.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

People see me, and they see t...

People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: "you're not fooling anyone", they know I'm rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? Die old. That's the way- not orthodox, I don't live by "the rules" you know.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Most people sitting at home a...

Most people sitting at home aren't cool, successful, witty Hollywood stars, but they all worry about what people think of them when they faux pas.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I'm not a film snob at all. I...

I'm not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort of where it's at.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

I think that's the fundamenta...

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 225 quotes

My physique is down to 20 yea...

My physique is down to 20 years of eating cheese.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Funny bones, to me, are more ...

Funny bones, to me, are more important than funny lines. If a comedian is just not likable and doing the lines, you could read them yourself. Whereas if someone [you like] shambles out, and they tell you what a bad day they've had, they don't have to say anything. I love them. I want to hug them because they've been through something. And it comes back to empathy, always empathy.

Ricky Gervais 225 quotes

Our challenge with "The Offic...

Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.

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I think Hollywood's gotten mo...

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 225 quotes

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...

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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...

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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....