Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited. John Cleese More Quotes by John Cleese More Quotes From John Cleese The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats. John Cleese bustersthrillgrowing-up I don't want to hurt people. John Cleese hurtwantpeople I don't understand why very, very rich people want to have even more money than they've already got. John Cleese richwantpeople While you're being creative, nothing is wrong. There's no such thing as a mistake, and any drivel may lead to the breakthrough. John Cleese creativemistakemay If you wish to kill yourself but lack the courage to, I think a visit to Palmerston North will do the trick. John Cleese trickswishthinking I want to write a book which is the history of comedy. John Cleese wantwritingbook The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English. John Cleese holy-graillove-lifesides For those wondering how to deal with anxiety and depression, the first thing to consider is what you're putting into your mouth. John Cleese anxietywonder When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be. John Cleese fortycomedyyears I don't miss London much. I find it crowded, vast and difficult to get around. Cabs are incredibly expensive. John Cleese difficultlondonmissing It's a plastic surgeon you need, not a doctor John Cleese doctorssarcasmsarcastic It's too difficult to start right from scratch and try and be funny out of the blue. John Cleese scratchesbluetrying When you've only got few days of rehearsal before you're in the studio, it's wonderful to start off with people that you have good, friendly, tolerable relationships to start with, for the simple reason that you don't have to spend 24 hours figuring out how sensitive they are, and can you give them a line reading, or how do you have to give them direction. John Cleese good-friendreadingsimple I get bored easily. I've been bored most of my life. John Cleese bored It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as the movie themselves. And people will spend 2 or 3 years obsessing about the video game in exactly the same way that they'd be obsessing about the movie if they were working on that. John Cleese gamespeopleyears You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him enter regional distribution codes in data field 97 to facilitate regression analysis on the back end. John Cleese horsedatawater I think the hard thing for young comedians is that the majority of the young people in the audience out there don't have the wide range of references. John Cleese comedianpeoplethinking Creativity is not an ability that you either have or do not have. It is, for example, and this may surprise you, absolutely unrelated to IQ, provided you're intelligent above a certain minimal level. John Cleese creativityintelligentexample All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? John Cleese medicinewineorder I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly joining this family - it's like going to somebody else's Christmas dinner; everyone knows everyone and you're not quite sure what you're supposed to sit. John Cleese joiningscarychristmas
