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
ego walking
I didn't want to be big Mr. Ego walking around.
dvds cds pbs
Monty Python only became valuable when it was sold to Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in America. They didn't pay much either, but the series has been shown repeatedly, which led to lucrative tapes, CDs and DVDs.
python monty
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
pounds shut-up
John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.
thinking
I think comedy's often the little and the large, isn't it?
years enjoy evolve
Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it.
two funny-graduation painting
Learn to trust yourself. That's very vital. ... Just stand with yourself. Remember, in his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only two paintings. I personally sold even fewer.
simple two roots
Bear in mind the simple rule, X squared to the power of two minus five over the seven point eight three times nineteen is approximately equal to the cube root of MCC squared divided by X minus a quarter of a third percent. Keep that in mind, and you can't go very far wrong.
hate perfect laughing
I like doing live things and plays. You can perfect the laugh or extend the laugh, you can get them on a roll. Versus improv, which I hate. Put it all together. They're more vignettes. Improv makes me slightly anxious because I feel for them.
domestic-violence may stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
witty political said
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate
fresh lovely people
The lovely thing for us is, because it is digital, it can still look really fresh and new. Some people don't know that we're just old farts.
I'm not really a celebrity; I'm just vestigially left over from doing stuff from before.
beatles george known tried
George once said to me "If we'd known we were going to be The Beatles we'd have tried harder.