John Cleese

He who laughs most, learns best.

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?

English television from the Fifties to the Nineties was the least bad in the world, and now it's just as bad as it is anywhere.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I never feel more alone than when I'm traveling. Alone and, to some extent, helpless. The world expects a certain level of competence and can be merciless when this expectation is unmet.

The thrill of acting is making a character real. Modeling is the opposite of real. It's being fake in front of the camera.