512 Quotes by Ricky Gervais

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy.

Making people laugh is easy for me. I'm quite proud of that. But I'm prouder of silencing an audience for a minute because they're thinking about something.

Even on the stage, I've played a bit of a persona, and the persona I played was a much brasher, more arrogant, less aware, less educated version of me.

Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn't matter what you believe.

I am myself sometimes, and I do state my opinions, but not in a comedy routine and not in my character. There always has to be some sort of layer to it.

All of my friends are oddities.

I remember asking my mum when I was about 13, 'Why are my brothers and sister so much older than me?' And she just said, 'You were a mistake.' And I laughed.

I don't do karaoke. I don't dance, even at weddings. I'm the grumpy one sitting down drinking wine.