John Cleese
John Cleese
John Marwood Cleeseis an English actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He achieved success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and as a scriptwriter and performer on The Frost Report. In the late 1960s, he co-founded Monty Python, the comedy troupe responsible for the sketch show Monty Python's Flying Circus and the four Monty Python films: And Now for Something Completely Different, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Life of Brian and The Meaning of Life...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth27 October 1939
despair brian laura
It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
growing-up thrill busters
The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.
wine differences vineyards
I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux and Claret.
feet games stronger
I could take an umbrella and balance it on my chin or on my foot. And I just got interested in that kind of thing. And as I played games more and more and got stronger physically, I just became more coordinated.
preparation alternatives moments
If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time to be considering alternative strategies.
inspiring space boundaries
You have to create boundaries of space and then you have to create boundaries of time.
jesus talking ideas
The trouble with the British is that they are not interested in ideas. If Jesus came back today and offered to speak for an hour on British television, they would say, "What! Another talking head?
lying talking people
When people quote sketches to me, half the time I don't know what they're talking about so I have to sort of go, aha, yes, oh yep, I remember that and lie my way out of it.
play curiosity sake
The open mode is a mood in which curiosity for its own sake can operate, because we're not under pressure to get a specific thing done properly. We can play.
vanity insanity humanity
Aping urbanity, Oozing with vanity, Plump as a manatee, Faking humanity, Intellectual inanity, Journalistic calamity, Fox Noise insanity, You're a profanity, Hannity
advice firsts raspberries
When you're being stalked by an angry mob with raspberries, the first thing to do is to release a tiger.
jail who-your-friends-are want
If you want to know who your friends are, have a major failure.
people chickens walks
Either people walk round dressed as chickens or they listen to Beethoven.
book writing want
I want to write a book which is the history of comedy.