Eric Idle
Eric Idle
Eric Idleis an English comedian, actor, voice actor, author, singer-songwriter, musician, writer and comedic composer. Idle is a member of the English surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles and the author of the Broadway musical Spamalot...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth29 March 1943
boys class hats
I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.
thinking python special
I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.
writing thinking target-audience
I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.
trying different audience
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
getting-older hats cry
The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat.
ironic age library
Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.
artist able executives
If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?
You get interviewed when you're out promoting something.
running stars mean
I used to think I was like the wicket- keeper, which is like the catcher in base- ball, y'know what I mean? You can call the play a lot from behind the plate, y'know what I mean? You're not necessarily the star, you're not the one that makes the mark, but usually in the end, you're called upon to get a run when it's needed.
dinner thighs dinner-time
I've got soggy thighs. It must be dinner time.
kids drug adults
Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
Don't want to turn into mini-me.
pay turns
Never do things for money. It's always the things you do for love that turn out to pay the best.
mean nudge-nudge nudge
Know what I mean? Eh, eh, Nudge nudge, Say no more?