Ricky Dene Gervais (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, and singer.
I went to university with no money. I can't understand a society that wouldn't give a poor person the same opportunity as a rich person.
The only reason I work out is so I can eat more cheese.
Being on the edge isn't as safe, but the view is better
Enjoy life. Have fun. Be kind. Have worth. Have friends. Be honest. Laugh. Die with dignity. Make the most of it. It's all we've got.
Americans are brought up to believe they can grow up to be the president of the United States. Brits are told, It won't happen to you.
Whatever else is happening, things are better in the sun.
Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty. . . satisfaction. That's what I'm. . . you know. Trust people and they'll be true to you. Treat them greatly, and they will show themselves to be great.
It will be great to play a short, fat sweaty loser for a change.
The world is not entirely comic and it's not entirely dramatic. You have a laugh and then someone finds a lump and you deal with that. Because that is what life is like.
I don't feel any pressure at all because I don't care. That's an occupational hazard. . . but if you're doing anything of any worth, and not doing something that's safe and anodyne and trying to be populist and a national treasure, then you've got to assume that as many people hate what you do - and you - as like what you do and like you.
Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby.
I'd like to thank God for making me an atheist.
Being an atheist makes someone a clearer thinking, fairer person. They [atheists] are not doing things to be rewarded in heaven; they're doing things because they're right, because they live by a moral code.
I have to be excited, I have to have an adrenaline rush about doing something, or it bores me, I feel trapped.
I've got three friends that you'd call famous, but I'm sure after 20 years, most of my friends will be famous or work in television, because that's the nature of what your work is. When I was working in an office, most of my friends worked in offices.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but if you believe in god, you're wrong.
I think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not.
If you can't joke about the most horrendous things in the world, what's the point of jokes? What's the point in having humor? Humor is to get us over terrible things.