I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me. John Cleese blandbusinessmancruel Change image and 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
Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it. John Cleese leadmanrole Change image and share on social
My compulsion to always be working has become less strong and my current business is purely down to this enormous alimony. If I wasn't doing this I'd be making documentaries about wildlife and other subjects that interest me. John Cleese alimonybusinesscompulsion share on social
God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered. John Cleese erraticfatherflatter Change image and share on social
When you've been doing comedy for forty years, you really do know most of the jokes. And even if you don't know a specific joke, you can pretty much guess what it's going to be. John Cleese comedyfortyguess 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
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 would say that I began with a very edgy, very driven personality and after a sufficient amount of therapy over many, many years, I managed to become rather relaxed and happy. John Cleese amountbegindrive Change image and share on social
I think it's because in America you always get the sense that if you fail, you can just pack up your things and go somewhere else and try again. But in England, it's so geographically small that if somebody succeeds here, it reduces your chances of succeeding. John Cleese americachanceengland share on social
