Basil Fawlty was an easy character for me. For some reason, portraying a mean, uptight, incompetent bully comes naturally to me.
John CleeseBut then acting is all about faking. We're all very good at faking things that we have no competence with.
John Cleeseyears ago we would have been burned for this. Now what I am suggesting is that we've advanced.
John CleeseWhen you do comedy in front of an audience, they are the ones who tell you whether it's funny or not and which bits are funny and which bits need to be fixed.
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