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
Ricky Gervais quotes about
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
humble practice atheism
Science seeks the truth. And it does not discriminate. For better or worse it finds things out. Science is humble. It knows what it knows and it knows what it doesn’t know. It bases its conclusions and beliefs on hard evidence -- evidence that is constantly updated and upgraded. It doesn’t get offended when new facts come along. It embraces the body of knowledge. It doesn’t hold on to medieval practices because they are tradition.
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 facts opinion
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational
cousin relative
Where there's a will - there's a relative!
thinking directors actors
I never think of myself as a celebrity - or even an actor, actually. I think of myself as a writer-director.
believe odin jupiter
Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say 'Just God. I only believe in the one God,' I'll point out that they are nearly as atheistic as me. I don't believe in 2,870 gods, and they don't believe in 2,869.
book library
Why buy a book when you can join a library?
past people let-me
People have let me down in the past. I've loved something, and it's become a disgrace. I'd rather start again.
sick people vision
I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to aim it at you. You do the thing you would love... make the thing you would love and be proud of. There's enough people in the world that, if you do that and do it well as a single vision, they'll go: "That's my favourite thing ever!"
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.
views safe edges
Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better
next moments next-time
The next time someone is critical of you, just take a moment to consider their life. Then smile to yourself.