Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Eric Idleis an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle is a member of the English surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 March 1943
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Monty Python only became valuable when it was sold to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in America. They didn't pay much either, but the series has been shown repeatedly, which led to lucrative tapes, CDs and DVDs.
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Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.
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No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
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Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.
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Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
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I've got soggy thighs. It must be dinner time.
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John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
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Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
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Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it.
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My wife, Tania, is very big on dogs, so I'm always paying out to animal charities.
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If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?
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Monty Python paid me £20,000 to write, direct and assemble them - the cheapskates! I told them I'd never earned less in a year since leaving Cambridge. The first show sold out in 43 seconds and we ended up performing ten in total. We had no idea there would be such demand.
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I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
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The next step will be for the colonists on Mars to throw off the hand of the United States. There will be this wonderful historical irony. When the people on Mars write a declaration of independence saying, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident...', the US will be rather pissed off