Rik Mayall
Rik Mayall
Richard Michael "Rik" Mayallwas an English comedian, writer, actor and voice-over artist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth7 March 1958
CityEpping, England
people perform
You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them.
bigger countries fact invented sitcoms videos watched
Bigger Than Hitler is because I made so many more sitcoms than Hitler ever made. It's just vast. Videos of me have been watched in countries that weren't invented when he was around. It's just a fact of who I am.
along next shall until wait
We'll wait until the next thing comes along and we shall do another thing - probably about being old.
entertainment global light remember
I am a global light entertainment phenomena, so how can I remember everything?
actual audience contact good great love seeing
I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to!
best
With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best.
When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on!
people
I don't want people to know who I am.
impact page saying somebody words
Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you.
answer good groovy ought
I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion.
journalist present trust
It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say.
sucking
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in.
limits dawn riders
I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners!
boys proud good-boy
I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.