140 Quotes by Michael Palin

Despite having seen a fair amount of the world, I still love travelling – I just have an insatiable curiosity and like looking out of a window.

I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special – there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes.

I’ve been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I’ve often had a guide who’s been able to show me things that you wouldn’t see with a tour group.

Please don’t ask which I enjoy more – acting or hosting – because I love them equally.

I’d got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.