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?
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?
trying tragedy comedy
Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have.