Ricky Gervais

I talk about being fat and old and in pain and going bald and... Do you know what I mean? Being hated by the press.

I talk about being fat and old and in pain and going bald and... Do you know what I mean? Being hated by the press.

I talk about being fat and old and in pain and going bald and... Do you know what I mean? Being hated by the press.

No, I started before The Office, but I only started in about 1999, I'd say, was my first try. Okay.

No, I started before The Office, but I only started in about 1999, I'd say, was my first try. Okay.

No, I started before The Office, but I only started in about 1999, I'd say, was my first try. Okay.

Yeah, I have to go out there and I want to be the one that says the wrong thing. Whatever the current regime is, I have to say the wrong thing. I have to go against the grain, which is why it was hard for the last sort of few years. You know, I didn't realize half the people would agree with those things on face value. So irony was put in danger recently.

Yeah, I have to go out there and I want to be the one that says the wrong thing. Whatever the current regime is, I have to say the wrong thing. I have to go against the grain, which is why it was hard for the last sort of few years. You know, I didn't realize half the people would agree with those things on face value. So irony was put in danger recently.

Yeah, I have to go out there and I want to be the one that says the wrong thing. Whatever the current regime is, I have to say the wrong thing. I have to go against the grain, which is why it was hard for the last sort of few years. You know, I didn't realize half the people would agree with those things on face value. So irony was put in danger recently.

out well that's the thing you know um you do have to find the funny but you have to go for it and you have to be able to play and that's the problem again with today as well because i've done shows that i'm trying stuff out and it's been reviewed and i'm gonna go well that's mad You can't do that. You can't do someone who's just started a painting going, it's rubbish. I haven't done it yet.

out well that's the thing you know um you do have to find the funny but you have to go for it and you have to be able to play and that's the problem again with today as well because i've done shows that i'm trying stuff out and it's been reviewed and i'm gonna go well that's mad You can't do that. You can't do someone who's just started a painting going, it's rubbish. I haven't done it yet.

out well that's the thing you know um you do have to find the funny but you have to go for it and you have to be able to play and that's the problem again with today as well because i've done shows that i'm trying stuff out and it's been reviewed and i'm gonna go well that's mad You can't do that. You can't do someone who's just started a painting going, it's rubbish. I haven't done it yet.

I've just done the back. You know, it's crazy. So you have to fight against that. And I try and keep politics, explicit politics, out of comedy because I think If you're relying on the audience agreeing with you and getting a round of applause, it loses something comedically. I want my jokes to be liked. I don't care whether they're right wing or left wing or whatever, right?

I've just done the back. You know, it's crazy. So you have to fight against that. And I try and keep politics, explicit politics, out of comedy because I think If you're relying on the audience agreeing with you and getting a round of applause, it loses something comedically. I want my jokes to be liked. I don't care whether they're right wing or left wing or whatever, right?

I've just done the back. You know, it's crazy. So you have to fight against that. And I try and keep politics, explicit politics, out of comedy because I think If you're relying on the audience agreeing with you and getting a round of applause, it loses something comedically. I want my jokes to be liked. I don't care whether they're right wing or left wing or whatever, right?

Because the joke either works or it doesn't. And it actually shouldn't matter. It's meaningless anyway nowadays, left and right wing. It's a meaningless term.

Because the joke either works or it doesn't. And it actually shouldn't matter. It's meaningless anyway nowadays, left and right wing. It's a meaningless term.

Because the joke either works or it doesn't. And it actually shouldn't matter. It's meaningless anyway nowadays, left and right wing. It's a meaningless term.

but i think it's important that you evolve but not with those reasons you don't evolve because it might be taken the wrong way you don't evolve because you might be bullied by a reviewer you don't evolve because you want everyone to like it that gets you nowhere when did that happen for you because that's a certain uh fearlessness that i think you have to achieve you you can't i'm sure there was part of you when you're much younger that you didn't have that right

but i think it's important that you evolve but not with those reasons you don't evolve because it might be taken the wrong way you don't evolve because you might be bullied by a reviewer you don't evolve because you want everyone to like it that gets you nowhere when did that happen for you because that's a certain uh fearlessness that i think you have to achieve you you can't i'm sure there was part of you when you're much younger that you didn't have that right