Rowan Atkinson

“But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.”

“I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.”

“Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That's a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to peop...”

“I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my fathe...”

“I'm very good at having time off. I tend to take whole years off - I had 1994 and 1997 off. I find it very easy; I just love pottering around doing normal things.”

“But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.”

“I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.”

“But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordina...”

“I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.”

“In TV, and in particular in commercials, you don't really need to explain very much at all - you just say he's a spy and he's a little bit theatrical and overblown and smug and he's not very...”

“I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. I'm not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creat...”