I Tend To Play Rather Odd Men.

A Law Which Attempts To Say You Can Criticise And Ridicule Ideas As Long As They Are Not Religious Ideas Is A Very Peculiar Law Indeed.

To Criticize A Person For Their Race Is Manifestly Irrational And Ridiculous, But To Criticize Their Religion, That Is A Right. That Is A Freedom. The Freedom To Criticize Ideas, Any Ideas - Even If They Are Sincerely Held Beliefs - Is One Of The Fundamental Freedoms Of Society. A Law Which Attempts To Say You Can Criticize And Ridicule Ideas As Long As They Are Not Religious Ideas Is A Very Peculiar Law Indeed.

Mr. Bean Is At His Best When He Is Not Using Words, But I Am Equally At Home In Both Verbal And Nonverbal Expression.

When You Play A Serious Role, As Far As I'm Concerned, I Feel I'm Using Exactly The Same Skills, Whatever They Are, To Play The Role As You Do With Something More Obviously Comic. It's Slightly Different Muscles, But The Same Skill Set.

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.