Michael Palin
Michael Palin
Michael Edward Palin CBE FRGS is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and later made a number of travel documentaries...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth5 May 1943
CityBroomhill, England
queens fall night
Night falls over Machu Picchu to the sound of Abba's 'Dancing Queen'.
running people competition
[There] are people who make a complete and utter mockery of 'democracy' and 'equality' - they're the casualties of the primitive rules of competition which run our society, and the welfare state just keeps them alive. That's all.
years two parent
My parents have been married forty-two years. I wonder how many of those were happy.
country world safe
There is barely a country in the world where you will be completely safe.
acting enjoy please
Please don't ask which I enjoy more - acting or hosting - because I love them equally.
believe diversity people
Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future.
religious believe creating
Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.
curiosity world window
Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling - I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.
years restless-mind leaving
I am restless. I don't mind leaving this comfortable, static life. I could live a year on my own in a remote village.
people i-can seems
I can be me, and people seem quite happy with that.
blessed careers two
I have been unusually blessed in that I've been allowed to pursue two strands of a career that both delight me and seem to please the public.
people one-day saws
I saw novelists as being admirable people and I thought... I thought... maybe, one day, I could be one of them.
retiring dies
I will die, but not retire.
character people useless
I'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.