512 Quotes by Ricky Gervais

When you get back into the editing suite in the cold light of day, the written stuff is better.

I get so sick of people asking: "What's your demographic?" Or: "Oh we've got to aim this at..." No, you have to aim it at you. You do the thing you would love... make the thing you would love and be proud of. There's enough people in the world that, if you do that and do it well as a single vision, they'll go: "That's my favourite thing ever!"

Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.

Atheism is a belief system”, is like saying “not going skiing, is a hobby.

I'm not a person that's easily embarrassed, but I'm embarrassed for other people.

I think the job of a comedian is to make people laugh, but also challenge them to laugh at things they didn't know they could until now.

I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life.

Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better

We didn't evolve; God made us. So I just want to explain to you exactly how that happened... Some of the things you'll hear do sound a little bit far-fetched. I admit that. Then I found out that the other name for The Bible is The Gospel, so it is all true. Luckily, the clue is in the title.