Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervaisis an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer and former pop singer and manager...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth25 June 1961
CityWhitley, England
fun afterlife assuming
Since there is absolutely no logical reason to assume there is an afterlife, I decided to make the life I have now as much fun as possible.
years born feels
What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were born.
fun struggle people
No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.
enjoy enjoy-your-life wanted
You now have the least amount of time you've ever had, to do everything you've ever wanted to do. Enjoy your life. You only get one
glowing attention pay
If you pay attention to good critics, you have to listen to the bad. So you have to ignore them all really. You can't just cherry pick the glowing ones.
real drama struggle
We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.
men giving honor
Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it.
real voice people
I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.
jobs healthy trying
Got a proper job at 28. Gave it up to try comedy at 38. Decided to get fit and healthy at 48. It's never too late. But do it now
believe mean burden-of-proof
It annoys me that the burden of proof is on us. It should be "You came up with the idea. Why do you believe it?" I could tell you I've got superpowers. But I can't go up to people saying "Prove I can't fly." They'd go: "What do you mean 'Prove you can't fly'? Prove you can!"
atheism hobbies belief
Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby.
jobs thinking laughing
I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.
fun life-and-love laughing
Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got.
thinking years people
I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.