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 rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer. Rowan Atkinson casedullessentially share on social
Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing. Rowan Atkinson amusecomicfunny Change image and share on social
Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project. Rowan Atkinson enjoyinterviewmarkete Change image and share on social
I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s. Rowan Atkinson 30s40sageless Change image and share on social
I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one. Rowan Atkinson comedianphysicalvisual Change image and share on social
Monty Python crowd; half of them came from Cambridge, and half of them came from Oxford. But, there seems to be this jewel, this sort of two headed tradition of doing comedy, of doing sketches, and that kind of thing. Rowan Atkinson cambridgecomedycrowd share on social
It's not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature. Rowan Atkinson easyfeaturesit Change image and share on social
Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course, you can't see the alleged billions watching at home either, so the degree to which you are intimidated is quite low. Rowan Atkinson allegeamorphousaudience share on social
I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate. Rowan Atkinson carcollectorcupboard Change image and share on social
No, no, I was only funny on stage, really. I, I, think I was funny as a person toward my classmates when I was very young. You know, when I was a child, up to about the age of 12. Rowan Atkinson agechildclassmate Change image and share on social
