328 Quotes by John Cleese

Laughter destroys any divisions between people.

But then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.

I think we're all born with a sense of humor. Creativity is another thing though.

For me, the great problem growing up in England was that I had a very narrow concept of what God can be, and it was damn close to an old man with a beard.

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

Always start where the energy is.

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

I'm struck by how laughter connects you with people. It's almost impossible to maintain any kind of distance or any sense of social hierarchy when you're just howling with laughter. Laughter is a force for democracy.

Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.