Rowan Atkinson Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.”

“You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.”

“The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance... has helped to determine your path through life.”

“Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.”

“But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society.”

“Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.”

“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.”

“I have always worried about things more than I should.”

“But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.”

“Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.”