Ricky Gervais Quotes About Comedy

Quotes about: Comedy

• Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too late. But do it now

  Ricky Gervais

  Jobs, Healthy, Trying

  FaceBook post by Ricky Gervais from Jun 28, 2014

• Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better

  Ricky Gervais

  Healing, Medicine, People

• I feel that a lot of British comedy is often too bombastic, too obvious, dressing up and shouting and pulling funny faces.

  Ricky Gervais

  Dressing Up, Faces, Comedy

  "Ricky Gervais goes to Springfield". Interview with Brian Viner, www.independent.co.uk. April 14, 2006.

• I don't see myself as part of an acting fraternity or a comedy fraternity.

  Ricky Gervais

  Acting, Comedy, Fraternity

  "Night At The Museum - Ricky Gervais interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

• I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no to. You don't say no to working with "The Simpsons"... the greatest comedy show on television. You mustn't. Even though going to my bad judgment, I remember saying that all I can do is make this show slightly worse.

  Ricky Gervais

  Odd Things, Done, Television

  Source: www.hitfix.com

• Comedy and drama are different sides of the same coin. And the thing about comedy and drama is about likability. It's about character first. It's about story. And for me, it's about empathy, and I think the realer someone is, the further you can go either way with them.

  Ricky Gervais

  Drama, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.hitfix.com

• I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight.

  Ricky Gervais

  Thinking, Play, Advice

  "'The Office' Star Ricky Gervais Back with 'Extras'". "Day to Day", www.npr.org. September 22, 2005.

• 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

  Emotional, Thinking, Intellectual

  "Ricky Gervais: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 12, 2012.

• The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.

  Ricky Gervais

  Thinking, People, Empathy

  "Ricky Gervais: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. January 12, 2012.

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