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
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People see me in the suit and they know I'm not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through and through.
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No one grows up saying 'I hope I work in an office one day?' And that fascinated me. People from 16 to 65 are just thrown together and that is a tantalizing mix,
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So what if people think 'The Office' is better than 'Extras'? I had to do them in some order.
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That's exactly what it did on BBC2. The people that get onto focus groups are force-fed big, broad comedies with laughter tracks and guest appearances. They're not going to like 'The Office' the first time they see it because they're not going to know what they're watching exactly. But if you stick to your vision and auteur it the way you think it should be done, there are enough people in the world that are like-minded and they're going to find it and it's going to be their favorite show.
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Because it was couched in realism, I think people recognized things. The more you understand something, I think the more you can enjoy it.
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It's a similar thing with David Brent. David Brent is not that good at his job because he couldn't stand for one person in the world not to like him. Andy can't sack his agent, because he can't bear putting anyone else in pain. The real thing holding him back is, he's burdened with conscience. I mean, he's like any of us really. ... It just eats you up if you think you've hurt anyone's feelings.
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a friend first, and a boss second, entertainer third.
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The A-list celebrities were always going to be the icing on the cake. It's always been more of an ensemble piece.
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I don't want to use up my cachet, the number of times my fat face is on telly.
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I've always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes, whereas I shy away from that,
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I'm from a little place called England ... We used to run the world before you.
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It was like an audience with the Pope,
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Karl had expressed his horror in the past at the thought of a rectal examination, and I thought this 'fear' was a nice theme,
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Brent was essentially an idiot who wasn't that bad but just wanted to be popular, ... whereas Andy has a different theme: The world owes him a living.