I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.
John CleeseWhen I was in school, I was beaten every 30 minutes. It never did me any harm except for some psychological mal-adjustments and blurred vision.
John CleeseFilming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.
John CleeseBecause, as we all know, itโs easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And itโs also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that weโre not so sure about.
John CleeseI think you can write very good comedy without a partner, but what I love about it, working with a partner, is that you get to places you'd never get on your own. It's like when God was designing the world and decided we couldn't have children without a partner; it was a way of mixing up the genes so you'd get a more interesting product.
John Cleese