I'm not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.
Rowan AtkinsonWhen I was doing Bean more than I’ve done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing on chat shows in character as Mr. Bean.
Rowan AtkinsonMy personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.
Rowan AtkinsonWe still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where the important thing is the quality and the challenging nature of the programming.
Rowan Atkinson