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
real character thinking
You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.
real drama taken
Life is so interesting... just every day life. I remember someone once saying: "Drama is real life with the boring bits taken out."
real racist-jokes offensive
Real racist jokes or sexist jokes aren't funny - not because they're offensive, but because they're not true. As soon as a joke is based on an untruth, it's not funny.
reality documentaries tvs
You see reality TV and it's not reality TV. It's contrived and everything is plotted and scripted nearly. Documentaries are the same and just as bad.
real drama struggle
We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.
real voice people
I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.
real men animal
Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals
real rubbish facts
Your God is the best God. In fact, he's the only God. All other Gods are ridiculous, made up rubbish. Not yours though. Yours is real.
fooling people rock roll suit
People see me in the suit and they know I'm not fooling anyone, they know I'm rock and roll through and through.
andy bad idiot owes whereas
Brent was essentially an idiot who wasn't that bad but just wanted to be popular, ... whereas Andy has a different theme: The world owes him a living.
fascinated shy whereas
I've always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes, whereas I shy away from that,
bad material
You can get away with bad material if you've got charisma.
ensemble icing
The A-list celebrities were always going to be the icing on the cake. It's always been more of an ensemble piece.
sit table
You should make something. You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that.'