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I had a very happy childhood,...

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

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I was brought up to be a good...

I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.

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On stage you can group 200 pe...

On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin (Turvey) works so well.

Rik Mayall 7 quotes

I was in a coma for five days...

I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead.

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It's difficult for me, to loo...

It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say.

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You perform for a different a...

You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.

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When you're an experienced ce...

When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on!

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Other people get moody in the...

Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy.

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I died. Which is fantastic, b...

I died. Which is fantastic, because I have died already; I have been there and come back. I am completely recovered, thank you.

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London audiences are the most...

London audiences are the most challenging around - it's a group of such diverse strangers.

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I don't have moments of weakn...

I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.

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I ought to be groovy and be a...

I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion.

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With 1,000-seater venues, rat...

With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.

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Something that has been impor...

Something that has been important to me is never to repeat myself, never to go back.

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I have always tended toward e...

I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon.

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Insanity is a very high art f...

Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here!

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Storytelling has always been ...

Storytelling has always been one of my great pleasures.

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Bring me another bad one, and...

Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing down Tony to defend them, and I'll be there for any other dangers that come along.

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When I was young, I saw some ...

When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me.

Rik Mayall 7 quotes

I don't have moments of weakne...

I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.

Rik Mayall 7 quotes

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