Having spent a substantial part of my career parodying religious figures from my own Christian background, I am aghast at the notion that it could, in effect, be made illegal to imply ridicule of a religion or to lampoon religious figures.
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alte… - Rowan Atkinson
The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alte…
- Rowan Atkinson
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. - Rowan Atkinson
But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else. - Rowan Atkinson
I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination. - Rowan Atkinson
I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. - Rowan Atkinson
You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd! - Rowan Atkinson
The path of my life is strewn with cow pats from the devil's own satanic herd!
People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a ra… - Rowan Atkinson
People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a ra…
It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature. - Rowan Atkinson
It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine. - Rowan Atkinson
Your services might be as useful as a barbershop on the steps of a guillotine.
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