Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational Ricky Gervais More Quotes by Ricky Gervais More Quotes From Ricky Gervais Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals. Ricky Gervais animalbelieveyears I still see myself as a bit of a cottage industry. Being in a room creating stuff and seeing if anyone wants it, as opposed to going to work for someone. Ricky Gervais cottagescreatingwant The best way to avoid criticism is never do anything ever. Or, do what you love, have a great life & let others spend their time criticising. Ricky Gervais best-waycriticismway I remember the first check I got for 'The Office,' and it made me feel sad. It ruined it. ... Because there was sort of a nobility in poverty. Ricky Gervais povertyofficefirsts I've got the attention span of a child. Ricky Gervais attention-spanattentionchildren With 'The Office' and 'Extras' I've always snuck in a little bit of heart and pathos - and drama, which is fun. Ricky Gervais heartfundrama I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life. Ricky Gervais planswanted When someone thanks God, I don't get offended. Ricky Gervais thanks-godthanksthank-god My greatest hero is Nelson Mandela. What a man. Incarcerated for 25 years, he was released in 1990 and he hasn't reoffended. I think he's going straight, which shows you prison does work. Ricky Gervais heromenthinking I think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not. Ricky Gervais telling-the-truthchoicesthinking It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change. Ricky Gervais fatsloserplay You can just keep getting it worse until you have to pull back and let the audience breathe. But yeah, I really love digging. Ricky Gervais diggingbreatheyeah You do your own thing and you see if you survive. Ricky Gervais ifs I think the best advice I'd say to any actor when you do comedy is play it straight. Ricky Gervais playadvicethinking I've been nominated four times, never won. And the whole world is going, `Why hasn't Winslet won one?' That's why I'm doing it. "Schindler's Bloody List," "The Pianist," Oscars coming out of their ass. Ricky Gervais oscarsfourworld Pol Pot - he rounded up anybody he thought was intellectual and had them executed. And how he told someone was intellectual or not was whether they wore glasses. If they're that clever, take them off when they see him coming! Ricky Gervais sexycleverfunny That's what life is, it's the small struggles. You walk down the street for half an hour, you see half an hour of drama. You don't need convoluted plot lines. You don't need long-lost brothers. You don't need it's set on the future; it's set on the moon. Ricky Gervais brotherstruggledrama I've worked in an office. People are sitting down doing their stuff, or pretending to do their stuff, and they're bored. I've heard a car tire screech and 30 people went to the window. That was a piece of excitement in their day, that a car might have had to stop quickly, you know. You don't need dinosaurs, you know. Ricky Gervais carofficepeople Life is just a series of peaks and troughs. And you don't know whether you're in a trough until you're climbing out, or on a peak until you're coming down. And that's it you know, you never know what's round the corner. But it's all good. "If you want the rainbow, you've gotta put up with the rain." Do you know which "philosopher" said that? Dolly Parton. And people say she's just a big pair of tits. Ricky Gervais climbingrainpeople Know your limitations and be content with them. Too much ambition results in promotion to a job you can't do. Ricky Gervais ambitionworkjobs