512 Quotes by Ricky Gervais

I’m not a film snob at all. I much prefer a really good Hollywood blockbuster than a thought-provoking art house movie because entertainment is sort of where it’s at.

Comedy is a medicine – a healing process that can help people get through difficult times and understand things better.

Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside.

I remember one review of The Office Christmas Special that compared it unfavourably to Dickens. What? You’re saying I’m not as good as the greatest storyteller ever. Boo! Boo! I think I can live with that.

It’s better to create something that others criticise than to create nothing and criticise others. Go create, have fun!!

Everything you do is autobiographical. Yeah, I grew up in a town called Redding and I had older brothers and sisters so it’s all my memories of growing up.

Opinions don’t affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you’re rational.

There was a nobility in poverty when I was growing up. My mom was poor but she was planting roses and she was cleaning the steps, you know what I mean. You didn’t feel sorry for yourself.

I think what makes us human is those choices – whether to tell the truth or not.