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Rowan Atkinson is an English comedian, actor, and writer, best known for his iconic roles in "Mr. Bean" and "Blackadder." His unique style of physical comedy and expressive facial gestures have made him a beloved figure worldwide. He continues to influence generations of comedians and entertain audiences around the globe. Here are 50 of his quotes:

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism. (Rowan Atkinson)

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.

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Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.

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Nope, I don't enjoy work generally. Not because I'm lazy; it's just all so stressful and worrying.

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Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.

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But, actually, so many of the clerics that I've met, particularly the Church of England clerics, are people of such extraordinary smugness and arrogance and conceitedness who are extraordinarily presumptuous about the significance of their position in society.

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I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

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And what's interesting about him as a comic character is that the custard pie hardly ever ends up on his face.

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It's a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.

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I feel as though the camera is almost a kind of voyeur in Mr. Bean's life, and you just watch this bizarre man going about his life in the way that he wants to.

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I have always worried about things more than I should. (Rowan Atkinson)

Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and, of course, you can't see the alleged billions watching at home either, so the degree to which you are intimidated is quite low.

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I think the character does tend to suit an episodic thing, because what's fun about him is that he doesn't care about anyone else, and it's very difficult for a main character - a lead character - in a movie to not care about anybody else.

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I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It's not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.

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I don't much enjoy Back and Forth. I mean, I think it has its own particular qualities, but I think it's inferior to any of the half-hour ones we did.

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Not so much in Canada, but certainly in the US, as I'm sure you know, money is all, and if they can get another 26 programs of the same thing even though it advances the culture or those actor's careers not at all it doesn't matter.

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I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.

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Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

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People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.

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In the modern media age we are rarely surprised by what we see. Whether it's on television or film or in the theatre, everything is so advertised, so trailed, that most entertainment is merely what you thought it was going to be like.

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I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else. (Rowan Atkinson)

I have to say that I've always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can't let go.

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I enjoy racing historic motorcars from the '50s and '60s. The seed of my interest was planted when I was about 12 years old and took over my mother's Morris Minor. I drove it around my father's farm. But my favorite car is still a McLaren F1, which I have had for 10 years.

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To criticise a person for their race is a manifestly irrational and ridiculous. But to criticise their religion - that is a right. That is a freedom.

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I'm not a collector. I don't like the toy cupboard syndrome that causes so many good cars to evaporate.

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Occupation: English Comedian
Born: January 6, 1955
Quotes count: 50

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