When the target audience is American teenage kids, you can have problems. My generation prized really fine acting and writing. Sometimes you have to go back to the basic principles which underpin great visual comedy. John Cleese actamericanaudience share on social
A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people. John Cleese destroydividekind Change image and share on social
I had a very, very difficult relationship with my mother, who was supremely self-centred. She was hilariously self-centred. She did not really take interest in anything that didn't immediately affect her. John Cleese affectcentredifficult share on social
I think that money spoils most things, once it becomes the primary motivating force. John Cleese forcemoneymotivate Change image and share on social
I think that sometimes you do something that makes a small group of people laugh, which is all we were trying to do; we were just trying to make each other laugh. John Cleese grouplaughmake Change image and share on social
I have several times made a poor choice by avoiding a necessary confrontation. John Cleese avoidchoiceconfrontation Change image and share on social
The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting. John Cleese backgoodidea share on social
Some actors, I think, want to feel that they are as creative as the writer. And the answer is, frankly, they're not. John Cleese actoranswercreative Change image and share on social
In Britain, girls seem to be either bright or attractive. In America, that's not the case. They're both. John Cleese americaattractivebright Change image and share on social
Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me! John Cleese filmgirlwrite Change image and share on social