Eric Idle quotes - page 2

My education was paid for by the RAF Benevolent Fund, so a charity school, run like an orphanage, with uniforms and beatings. It was tough, but it got me to Cambridge - like being a chrysalis suddenly becoming a butterfly. (Eric Idle)
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad. View quote
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John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it. View quote
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At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'. View quote
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You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person. View quote
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It just seems to me that there's no particular reason comedy albums should be dead. There's a lot to laugh at. We have very funny people, still. View quote
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I've always found bad films more enjoyable than good ones. View quote
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American Beer is a lot like making love in a canoe - it's fucking close to water. View quote
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Eric Idle

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Photo: Eduardo Unda-Sanzana, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: British Comedian
Born: March 29, 1943
Quotes count: 33
Wikipedia: Eric Idle

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