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
helping-others people lame
I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?
saved our-lives
Elvis saved my life when I was 13 or 14. He saved all our lives.
nudge-nudge circus bats
A nod's as good as a wink to a blind bat!
audience
I liked doing live things, and with the Circus we had a live audience.
america freedom-of-speech use
At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.
mother kids thinking
You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.
california government feelings
I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.
hate boring i-hate
I hate movies. They're so boring. So tedious.
thinking python people
Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.
boys class hats
I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.
thinking python special
I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.
writing thinking target-audience
I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.
trying different audience
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
getting-older hats cry
The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat.