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?

I love having different cultures around, but when the parent culture kind of dissipates, you're left thinking, 'Well, what's going on?'

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

They said I couldn't play anything but an English boy. I knew I could. So I went to New York.