But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

Quote by John Cleese

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Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of...

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of...

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly...

I can't tell you how scary it can be walking onto a movie and suddenly...

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a...

The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a...

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want...

If life were fair, Dan Quayle would be making a living asking 'Do you want...

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting....

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting....

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very...

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very...

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.

I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at...

I tend to have an odd split in my mind: I tend to look at...

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

Comedy always works best when it is mean-spirited.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

The English contribution to world cuisine - the chip.

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent...

I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent...

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make...

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make...

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much...

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much...

He who laughs most, learns best.

He who laughs most, learns best.

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such...

I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such...

It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as...

It seems astounding to me now that the video games are perhaps as important as...

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified...

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified...

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized...

When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized...

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh,...

I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh,...