Ricky Gervais Quotes - Page 9

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• People think "The Office" was improvised, but it's all on the page. We do that because what we found is that in the early days of "The Office," we went in with it sort of 80 percent scripted and we did some things and then we improv'd and we did - you know, and it gets a laugh on the floor because it's the first time they've heard it.

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  Thinking, People, Laughing

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

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• 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.

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  Art, Thought Provoking, House

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

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• I like my baths really deep and hot. But washing everything only takes a few minutes. So I thought it would be a waste to just flush all that water away. So there was nothing else to do but take pictures of myself trying to look as horrendous as possible. Oh my, what have I started?

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  Water, Trying, Waste

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. September 4, 2013.

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• Where's our Paul Newmans? Where's our Robert Redfords? We've got Jason Statham, who is great... blue collar and cool, which is fantastic. And we've got Hugh Grant, which is great. But where's this crossover, this blue collar guy who is cool? Where is our James Dean? Where is our John Travolta and Steve McQueen?

  Ricky Gervais

  Blue, Guy, Jason

  "Cemetery Junction - Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• I don't live by "The Rules" you know, and if there's one person who has influenced me in that way of thinking, someone who is a maverick, someone who does 'that' to the system then it's Ian Botham.

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  Thinking, Doe, Way

  "Fictional character: David Brent". "The Office" (2001 - 2003), www.imdb.com.

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• When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already... What I love about this is having an idea and seeing it come to fruition on screen. I would like to direct someone else's script one day, but I might not get round to it before I die - you can't legislate for being hit by a bus!

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  Years, Ideas, One Day

  "The Award-Wining Comedy Drama Returns". Interview with James Rampton, www.rickygervais.com. April 15, 2014.

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• I like big escapist films. It's odd because the type of comedian I am and the things I do when I'm writing and directing myself usually deal with the darker side of the human psyche and excruciating social faux pas. I often deal in taboos and the subjects I do as a stand-up are quite challenging. But my film roles have been much more fun and escapist.

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  Fun, Writing, Challenges

  "Ricky Gervais Interview: 'Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb', Corpsing With Ben Stiller And The Best Bits Of His Job". HuffPostUK Intreview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 4, 2015.

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• It breaks your heart when you throw something away, but it's what left that counts. It's like worrying about the bits of rock you have knocked off in order to make a beautiful statue. You've wasted half the rock, yeah, but it's the Venus di Milo!

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  Beautiful, Heart, Order

  "The Award-Wining Comedy Drama Returns". Interview with James Rampton, www.rickygervais.com. April 15, 2014.

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• I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career.

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  Thinking, Careers, Six Months

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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• You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad.

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  Reality, Documentaries, Tvs

  "Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais ('An Idiot Abroad')". Interview with Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. September 20, 2010.

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• Hotel bars are pretty good. No one bothers me there. Restaurants are safe. People are quite respectful when you're eating. But what I never do now is go to a busy bar on the weekend, or after 8 o'clock at night. That's the danger zone. Also being trapped. Never go on the Metro, or a bus.

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  Weekend, Night, People

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. April 21, 2004.

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• I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.

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  Thinking, Directors, Actors

  Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. April 21, 2004.

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• 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.

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  Emotional, Thinking, Intellectual

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

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• Americans are brought up to believe they can grow up to be the president of the United States. Brits are told, It won't happen to you.

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  Growing Up, Believe, President

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

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• The service in L.A. is the best. You don't get sarcastic, surly, fed-up waiters and waitresses like you do in England. They're good at their job and they're there for the customer. The only depressing thing is a lot of them have written more screenplays than me.

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  Sarcastic, Depressing, Jobs

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• I like every part [of the film process ] except the business and admin stuff. The initial idea. Writing. Re-writing. Casting. Directing, Editing. If I had to chose I'd say writing, followed by putting music on the picture. That is magical.

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  Writing, Editing, Ideas

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• When you think of things like The Sopranos, The Wire, Damages, they are beating film on a regular basis. Most films are terrible. It's only the 2% that are good. There's things you can do on TV which you can't do on film. There is something about those episodic, serialisations that are grand and operatic.

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  Thinking, Wire, Damage

  "Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant ('The Ricky Gervais Show')". Interview with Alex Fletcher, www.digitalspy.com. April 15, 2010.

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• I was okay with singing. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Dancing, a little awkward. Little embarrassed about that. I don't move well. But I was with a frog, so it doesn't matter. I'll do anything with a frog, that's my motto. He's great with tap-dancing or flap-dancing on my head. So no one's going to be looking at me when we're doing that dance. They're going to be saying, 'There's a frog dancing'.

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  Song, Moving, Dancing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com. 2014.

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• Even if it's such a lowly art as TV, you've got to get stuff off your chest, because that's what makes something different and original, your particular take on stuff.

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  Art, Different, Stuff

  Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. January 10, 2007.

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• There's nothing as perfect as the initial idea. And the only reason I write and direct is to protect the writing, because that's what's most precious.

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  Writing, Ideas, Perfect

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

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• [As a kid] I did enjoy making people laugh but I was also attracted to funny people. I'm [still] quite happy to not be the one trying to make other people laugh. I'm happy laughing at someone else. I enjoy laughing and I'll happily be the one just laughing all night if you can make me laugh.

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  Kids, Night, Laughing

  "Ricky Gervais Interview: 'Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb', Corpsing With Ben Stiller And The Best Bits Of His Job". The Huffington Post UK Interview, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. July 4, 2015.

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• With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun.

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  Fun, Drama, Heart

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• I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life.

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  Plans, Wanted

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• I had great memories of growing up in a working class estate. I remember it being sunny all the time. So we're putting that on screen. It's not people wallowing in degradation.

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  Growing Up, Memories, Class

  "Ricky Gervais Calls CEMETERY JUNCTION His SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER. Plus Info on His New HBO Animated Series". Interview with Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, collider.com. September 16, 2009.

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• The world is bigger than all the parts. That's the important thing, and one thing can throw everything off kilter. And you must never let yourself off. You'll let yourself off by mistake. So you shouldn't do it consciously. You have to be above it all and just be very disciplined with it. Just be very disciplined with it.

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  Mistake, Important, World

  Source: www.hitfix.com

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