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
getting-older hats cry
The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat.
ironic age library
Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.
artist able executives
If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?
You get interviewed when you're out promoting something.
dinner thighs dinner-time
I've got soggy thighs. It must be dinner time.
kids drug adults
Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
Don't want to turn into mini-me.
pay turns
Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.
mean nudge-nudge nudge
Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nudge nudge, Say no more?
trying tragedy comedy
Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
ego walking
I didn't want to be big Mr. Ego walking around.
dvds cds pbs
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.
python monty
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
pounds shut-up
John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.