Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth5 May 1943
CityBroomhill, England
retiring dies
I will die, but not retire.
atheist men religion
If atheists are deaf to the word of God, then theists are blind to the ways of man.
religion atheism littles
In the absence of fear there is little faith.
acting enjoy please
Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
sleep play dry
The need to eat, sleep and dry out plays havoc with your sense of wonder.
travel bugs wander
Once the travel bug bites, there is no known antidote.
trying life-is disaster
I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through.
finding-yourself sometimes
I am certainly more interested in interviewing than being interviewed. Sometimes you find yourself attacked from the start.
growing-up real block
I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special - there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.
rubber suits chickens
You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.
garden long people
Somewhere, a long way away, people are doing sensible things like mowing lawns and digging gardens.
nice mean sound
'Nice' means nothing. Is it someone who doesn't swear and shout? I swear and shout. 'Nice' sounds ineffectual.
groups large-groups
I've never particularly liked travelling with large groups or being told where to go by somebody else. I prefer to find out for myself.
suicide baby war
It was a strange feeling going into a church I did not know for a service that I did not really believe in, but once inside I couldn't help a feeling of warmth and security. Outside there were wars and road accidents and murders, striptease clubs and battered babies and frayed tempers and unhappy marriages and people contemplating suicide and bad jokes, but once in St. Martin's there was peace. Surely people go to church not to involve themselves in the world's problems but to escape from them.