Comedian Quotes

Medieval learning was really advanced.

It doesn't worry me what anyone says, except when publicity hurts others.

I've never been good at improvising.

I've got a soft spot for Theatr Colwyn because my granddad used to run the Colwyn amateur dramatic society in the 1930s.

I've been very lucky to have been able to act, write and direct and not have to choose just the one thing.

I'm cheerfully optimistic about life. Optimism is very important!

I'm a good cook; one of my specialities is reindeer and potato pie.

I'd like something that peels potatoes really quickly - that would be wonderful.

I'd always thought that if Python was going to go on at all, it'd be nice to get into storylines.

I spent my earliest years in Colwyn Bay in north Wales with my mother and grandmother, while my father was stationed with the RAF in India.

I like my stories once removed.

I like fantasy.

I don't think you need religion.

I don't think people who have children are acting selfishly or unselfishly. Having a child who'll be loved, to parents who love each other, is the important thing.

Fatherhood is wonderful.

Every age sort of has its own history. History is really the stories that we retell to ourselves to make them relevant to every age. So we put our own values and our own spin on it.

You give the guy an Image Award three years in a row and then turn on him like that? If that's the role they want to fulfill, they need to send a clearer message.

That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.

Someone I met years ago explained to me the difference between a personality and an actor, a personality being Eddie Murphy or Roseanne Barr, and an actor being Morgan Freeman and Alfre Woodard or Marlon Brando.

Most of my friends between 21 and 31 are at different stages of figuring out what the hell they are going to do with their lives. It's a big part of our generation. What is the next step?

I want to see as many black professionals as possible.

I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny.

Belly was not a bad movie. It was visually very interesting.

I've always had something in my heart where I root for guys who struggle with women.

I've always been the guy who doesn't necessarily get it with women. A woman would have to say, 'I like you, I want to go out with you, you can ask me.' And still I would question it. Did she mean it?

I'm not a Hollywood guy.

I would always love to be an athlete, but it's got to be a tough day when you have to hang up those cleats.

I want to do movies that I'm proud of where my kids, at some point, can see and I can feel comfortable sitting there watching it with them. And just that move people. That make people feel a little bit better about themselves when they leave the theatre.

I try to connect with the everyday, every guy.

I took a public speaking class in college and managed to make the class laugh a little bit.