Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson, CBEis an English actor, comedian, and screenwriter best known for his work on the sitcoms Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson first came to prominence in the sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News, and via his participation in The Secret Policeman's Ball from 1979. His other work includes the Bond movie Never Say Never Again and the sitcom The Thin Blue Line...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth6 January 1955
CityConsett, England
perfectionism feels
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
letting-go trying quality
I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.
funny sarcastic arrows
I find his films about as funny as getting an arrow through the neck and discovering there's a gas bill tied to it.
funny sarcastic men
Look, if I'd wanted a lecture on the rights of man, I'd have gone to bed with Martin Luther.
devil cows path
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!
home expression using-words
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
views important oppression
The right to ridicule is far more important to society than any right not to be ridiculed because one in my view represents openness - and the other represents oppression.
film critical
I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.
treated bits
It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
funny sarcastic might
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
marketing interviews sides
Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.
media age theatre
In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like.
marketing
Marketing is what gets you noticed.
want way different
I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.