Ricky Gervais
Ricky Gervais
Ricky Dene Gervaisis an English comedian, actor, director, producer, writer and former pop singer and manager...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth25 June 1961
CityWhitley, England
law people above-the-law
Famous people are above the law,
sale
Where did you get that? ... Is it on sale already?
boss somewhere stuck themes trying
As long as they keep the important themes -- a job, work, a boss going through a mid-life crisis, trying to make a difference, being stuck somewhere you do not necessarily want to be.
office people
So what if people think 'The Office' is better than 'Extras'? I had to do them in some order.
boss friend
a friend first, and a boss second, entertainer third.
expressed horror karl nice past
Karl had expressed his horror in the past at the thought of a rectal examination, and I thought this 'fear' was a nice theme,
amazing audience british countries face fat homes television
We make television for a British audience and it's still amazing to me that most countries in the world have my fat face beamed into homes once a week.
applied born joke rather
He was born smart, and he can't let it go. He'd rather make a joke than listen. He's clever, but he hasn't applied it as well as some other people.
enjoy people recognized understand
Because it was couched in realism, I think people recognized things. The more you understand something, I think the more you can enjoy it.
broad comedies exactly favorite focus groups guest laughter onto people stick time tracks vision watching
That's exactly what it did on BBC2. The people that get onto focus groups are force-fed big, broad comedies with laughter tracks and guest appearances. They're not going to like 'The Office' the first time they see it because they're not going to know what they're watching exactly. But if you stick to your vision and auteur it the way you think it should be done, there are enough people in the world that are like-minded and they're going to find it and it's going to be their favorite show.
england run
I'm from a little place called England ... We used to run the world before you.
cannot fault
If you had to do just one thing (as a boss) and nothing else -- it is just be fair. I think if you are fair, (staff) cannot fault you on it,
face fat number
I don't want to use up my cachet, the number of times my fat face is on telly.
again bob essential hope willing
The essential thing about Bob Hope was he wasn't a winner, but he had a bravado, and he was willing to say now and again he was scared.