People are still crazy about Python after twenty-five years, which I find hard to believe.
Michael PalinI'd got over playing a character. People accepted who I was, and if I was incompetent and useless, they felt quite endeared to me.
Michael PalinContrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.
Michael PalinI've been lucky to have made a number of travel programmes with the BBC, the object being to see places off the beaten track. As a result, I've often had a guide who's been able to show me things that you wouldn't see with a tour group.
Michael PalinWhen I'm travelling, I always take my little notebook and scribble things down as I watch them; I'm very much geared to everything that's happening. Whereas, the diary I keep is just about a record of a day I've spent. When I'm filming, I'm looking quite intensely at everything I see and trying to get my own eye on what we're going through.
Michael Palin