John Cleese
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleeseis an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 October 1939
long giving mind
Give your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.
failing envious britain
The Americans are so much more positive. They are much more in love with success. In Britain, they're a fairly envious bunch, and they love it if you fail.
intelligent creative trying
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But the moment the action is over, try to return to the 'open' mode... because in that mode we are the most aware, most receptive, most creative, and therefore at our most intelligent.
loving-you might impossible
Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible? You might as well have a commandment that states,'Thou shalt fly'.
want unselfish great-things
I don't want to have to start being unselfish again. The great thing about being on your own is you do what you damned well like.
jail who-your-friends-are want
If you want to know who your friends are, have a major failure.
stupidity sad-things absolutely-nothing
The sad thing about true stupidity is that you can do absolutely nothing about it.
jesus talking ideas
The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?
decision doubt efficiency
Once we've made a decision, we are efficient only if we go through with it decisively, undistracted by doubts about its correctness.
dancer terrible englishmen
I was a terrible dancer. I dance like an Englishman.
team speak-english two
There are 3 basic differences between we British and you Americans. One, we speak English, and you don't. Two, when we have a "World Championship", we invite teams from other nations. Three, when you meet the British head of State, you only have to get down on one knee.
rest-of-your-life doe finals
Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.
gone problem planets
No hope for planet at all. But I will be gone before the planet is gone, so it's your problem.
travel giving-up watches
Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?