Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do. Ricky Gervais More Quotes by Ricky Gervais More Quotes From Ricky Gervais I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You're saying I'm not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that. Ricky Gervais office special thinking I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to aim it at you. You do the thing you would love... make the thing you would love and be proud of. There's enough people in the world that, if you do that and do it well as a single vision, they'll go: "That's my favourite thing ever!" Ricky Gervais vision sick people I was okay with singing. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Dancing, a little awkward. Little embarrassed about that. I don't move well. But I was with a frog, so it doesn't matter. I'll do anything with a frog, that's my motto. He's great with tap-dancing or flap-dancing on my head. So no one's going to be looking at me when we're doing that dance. They're going to be saying, 'There's a frog dancing'. Ricky Gervais dancing song moving I'm not from around these parts. I'm from a little place called England: we used to run the world before you. Ricky Gervais running america world I don't think humans are meant to be looked at when we're buying pants. Ricky Gervais pants buying thinking Hotel bars are pretty good. No one bothers me there. Restaurants are safe. People are quite respectful when you're eating. But what I never do now is go to a busy bar on the weekend, or after 8 o'clock at night. That's the danger zone. Also being trapped. Never go on the Metro, or a bus. Ricky Gervais weekend night people It's a privilege to be in such a great category of people and... I don't believe in God, so I'd like to thank dogs. Dogs have given me everything. Ricky Gervais dog believe people Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell. Ricky Gervais sticks people way Do this or you’ll burn in hell. Ricky Gervais hell I think sometimes you get given a good pile of goodwill, and it's whether you use it up in the first six months or spread it out over a career. Ricky Gervais six-months careers thinking I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood. Ricky Gervais years art thinking I think that's the fundamental thing - you can go anywhere you like as long as you're following a character that the audience likes and understands. Ricky Gervais character long thinking Of all the disciplines involved in making anything - TV, film or anything I do - the writing is the most valuable commodity. Ricky Gervais discipline tvs writing I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing. Ricky Gervais clothings wolves-in-sheeps-clothing sheep A joke isn't yours. It's used and you don't know where it's been. Ricky Gervais jokes used humor Never fear the truth. No bad can come of discussing a true subject. No bad at all. Ricky Gervais discussing never-fear subjects I'm a failed pop star. I always sneak a song into everything I do. Ricky Gervais pops stars song Comedy is a medicine - a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better Ricky Gervais medicine healing people My physique is down to 20 years of eating cheese. Ricky Gervais cheese eating years You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real. Ricky Gervais real character thinking
