Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayallwas an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 March 1958
CityEpping, England
bigger countries fact invented sitcoms videos watched
Bigger Than Hitler is because I made so many more sitcoms than Hitler ever made. It's just vast. Videos of me have been watched in countries that weren't invented when he was around. It's just a fact of who I am.
entertainment global light remember
I am a global light entertainment phenomena, so how can I remember everything?
sucking
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.
jesus raised coma
I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead.
weakness moments moments-of-weakness
I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.
teenage years childhood
I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.
people together scare
On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin (Turvey) works so well.
boys proud good-boy
I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.
limits dawn riders
I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners!
journalist present trust
It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say.
answer good groovy ought
I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion.
impact page saying somebody words
Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you.
people
I don't want people to know who I am.
When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on!