The most important thing in comedy - apart from empathy, which I think is important even if disguised - is surprise. I like surprising people with the fact that something's even a joke at all.
Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't. - Ricky Gervais
Same sex marriage isn't gay privilege, it's equal rights. Privilege would be something like gay people not paying taxes. Like churches don't.
- Ricky Gervais
I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment. - Ricky Gervais
I know how much embarrassment hurts, and I love it as a theme because you can keep digging a hole. It's just an endless well, embarrassment.
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational - Ricky Gervais
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational
I used to believe in God. The Christian one, that is (There are a few thousand to choose from. But I was born in a country where the dominant religio… - Ricky Gervais
I used to believe in God. The Christian one, that is (There are a few thousand to choose from. But I was born in a country where the dominant religio…
Be happy. It really annoys negative people. - Ricky Gervais
Be happy. It really annoys negative people.
The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either. - Ricky Gervais
The best advice I've ever received is, 'No one else knows what they're doing either.
Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got. - Ricky Gervais
Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got.
If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the 1950s.. and that's the tru… - Ricky Gervais
If you walked around like David Bowie in 1973 in Reading, you'd get beaten up. The 1970s in a small town was more like the 1950s.. and that's the tru…
Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say … - Ricky Gervais
Next time someone tells me they believe in God, I'll say 'Oh which one? Zeus? Hades? Jupiter? Mars? Odin? Thor? Krishna? Vishnu? Ra?...' If they say …
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