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
fun ideas taste
Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
disease life-is sexually
Life is a terminal disease, and it is sexually transmitted.
want eccentric rat-race
I can do anything I want, I'm eccentric!
life asking politics
If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want fries with that?'
educational laughing students
Students who laugh more- learn more. Students who laugh more earn more.
teenage writing kids
When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.
journey air giving
Filming is like a long air journey: there's so much hanging around and boredom that they keep giving you food.
writing giving actors
On movies, I like to involve the cast in the writing of the script. I like to have a rehearsal period, after which I do the last draft, which gives me a chance to incorporate anything the actors have come up with during the rehearsal period, so I'm very inclusive as a writer.
funny sarcastic years
years ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.
funny husband years
Yes it's her husband. She hasn't got over it. Died thirty years ago.
ideas laughing humour
If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you open to my ideas
funny sarcastic should-have
A satisfied customer. We should have him stuffed.
funny sarcastic rooms
Manuel will show you to your rooms - if you're lucky.
stupid thinking ideas
I think the problem with people like this is that they are so stupid that they have no idea how stupid they are.