Ricky Gervais

If he's just mumbling and not looking good.

If he's just mumbling and not looking good.

Well, I think it was lucky the format allowed me to do that with a fake documentary because I was emulating something. I was trying to emulate a very ordinary man who wanted to be famous. So it was easy to not be a trained actor doing that. Do you know what I mean?

Well, I think it was lucky the format allowed me to do that with a fake documentary because I was emulating something. I was trying to emulate a very ordinary man who wanted to be famous. So it was easy to not be a trained actor doing that. Do you know what I mean?

Well, I think it was lucky the format allowed me to do that with a fake documentary because I was emulating something. I was trying to emulate a very ordinary man who wanted to be famous. So it was easy to not be a trained actor doing that. Do you know what I mean?

It was an impression I used to do of like bosses and stuff. I worked in an office for like 10 years. So it was like a Frankenstein of people I'd met growing up. And you suddenly and I was always I was always the idiot. I was always trying to make people laugh. And, you know, I was that guy. I was sort of that guy without ambition or rather without without nerve. I think I'd lost my nerve.

It was an impression I used to do of like bosses and stuff. I worked in an office for like 10 years. So it was like a Frankenstein of people I'd met growing up. And you suddenly and I was always I was always the idiot. I was always trying to make people laugh. And, you know, I was that guy. I was sort of that guy without ambition or rather without without nerve. I think I'd lost my nerve.

It was an impression I used to do of like bosses and stuff. I worked in an office for like 10 years. So it was like a Frankenstein of people I'd met growing up. And you suddenly and I was always I was always the idiot. I was always trying to make people laugh. And, you know, I was that guy. I was sort of that guy without ambition or rather without without nerve. I think I'd lost my nerve.

I'd just been a failed musician after like five years of trying. I got a normal job and then I worked my way up to sort of middle management in an office like that. In fact, the little pre-pilot that we shot, I went back to the office I used to work in And I used mates as extras. And I just ad-libbed around this character showing off to the camera.

I'd just been a failed musician after like five years of trying. I got a normal job and then I worked my way up to sort of middle management in an office like that. In fact, the little pre-pilot that we shot, I went back to the office I used to work in And I used mates as extras. And I just ad-libbed around this character showing off to the camera.

I'd just been a failed musician after like five years of trying. I got a normal job and then I worked my way up to sort of middle management in an office like that. In fact, the little pre-pilot that we shot, I went back to the office I used to work in And I used mates as extras. And I just ad-libbed around this character showing off to the camera.

And the seed of that was we had 10 years of these quaint docu-soaps in the 90s on British TV. The new big thing was docu-soaps. We had one called Airport. We had one called Hotel. We had one called Liner. And it was just normal people filmed, and they'd become sort of stars for 10 minutes.

And the seed of that was we had 10 years of these quaint docu-soaps in the 90s on British TV. The new big thing was docu-soaps. We had one called Airport. We had one called Hotel. We had one called Liner. And it was just normal people filmed, and they'd become sort of stars for 10 minutes.

And the seed of that was we had 10 years of these quaint docu-soaps in the 90s on British TV. The new big thing was docu-soaps. We had one called Airport. We had one called Hotel. We had one called Liner. And it was just normal people filmed, and they'd become sort of stars for 10 minutes.

And of course, nowadays, they become stars forever and make millions. But then it was, that was their 15 minutes of fame. And, you know, you wheel them out. So it was ordinary people wanting to be famous.

And of course, nowadays, they become stars forever and make millions. But then it was, that was their 15 minutes of fame. And, you know, you wheel them out. So it was ordinary people wanting to be famous.

And of course, nowadays, they become stars forever and make millions. But then it was, that was their 15 minutes of fame. And, you know, you wheel them out. So it was ordinary people wanting to be famous.

Yeah, there was usually a narration as well. But we didn't do that. But there was often, it was things like, the cement for the swimming pool is late and they have to open in an hour. It was stuff like that.

Yeah, there was usually a narration as well. But we didn't do that. But there was often, it was things like, the cement for the swimming pool is late and they have to open in an hour. It was stuff like that.

Yeah, there was usually a narration as well. But we didn't do that. But there was often, it was things like, the cement for the swimming pool is late and they have to open in an hour. It was stuff like that.