John Cleese Quotes

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy.

John Cleese

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: October 27, 1939

Topics

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My significant other right now is myself, which is what happens when you suffer from multiple personality disorder and self-obsession.

Joaquin Phoenix

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We expect Seoul to be one of our most important markets not only in Asia but around the world.

Joe Gebbia

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I hate reality shows that are not reality.

Joan Rivers

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The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.

John Bright

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They are words you don't easily forget: I don't have good news.

Joel Siegel

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Every time your picture is taken, you lose a part of your soul.

Anna May Wong

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The universe starts off with the Big Bang theory, and the first thing that emerged from the Big Bang is essentially hydrogen and then helium. And that's what combusts in stars. Finally, stars implode, and they build heavier elements out of that. And those heavier elements are reconstituted in the heart of other stars, eventually.

John Rhys-Davies

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I try to search for roles where the character is not dependent on how she looks, but it is hard because I didn't know anyone in this industry, so I started as an extra and fought.

Amber Heard

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I thought it would be a funny concept to publish a book about stand-up comedy with Faber, the poetry publisher, and to apply to stand-up the same sort of weight of annotation that you would to a classic work of literature, an epic poem. I thought that would be funny.

Stewart Lee

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I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

Tom Paulin

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I'm proud of my invention, but I'm sad that it is used by terrorists.

Mikhail Kalashnikov

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I'm a commercial writer, not an author. Margaret Mitchell was an author. She wrote one book.

Mickey Spillane

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