English - Comedian | March 29, 1943 -
You look just like you!
Eric Idle
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We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.
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No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
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Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
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To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.
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I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
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I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
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I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.
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You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.
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I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?
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I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
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Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.
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