As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands. Rik Mayall More Quotes by Rik Mayall More Quotes From Rik Mayall I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead. Rik Mayall coma raised jesus I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners! Rik Mayall riders limits dawn I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall. Rik Mayall moments-of-weakness weakness moments Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy. Rik Mayall males men people I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad. Rik Mayall good-boy proud boys I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. Rik Mayall childhood teenage years On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin (Turvey) works so well. Rik Mayall scare together people I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion. Rik Mayall never good opinion enemy Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing down Tony to defend them, and I'll be there for any other dangers that come along. Rik Mayall down bad me people I've always had live audiences. Rik Mayall audiences had live always With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best. Rik Mayall best just like me You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them. Rik Mayall think you night people With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in. Rik Mayall than opportunities rather audience Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you. Rik Mayall words saying you impact It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say. Rik Mayall eyes me you trust I'm frightened of interviews. Rik Mayall frightened interviews I don't want people to know who I am. Rik Mayall i-am know want people When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on! Rik Mayall i-am you space sometimes I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to! Rik Mayall great good you love I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon. Rik Mayall than rather always extremism
