Eric Idle Quotes

• Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Myself, Words

• Life doesn’t make any sense, and we all pretend it does. Comedy’s job is to point out that it doesn’t make sense, and that it doesn’t make much difference anyway.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Life, Wisdom

• I love being an older comic now. It’s like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You’re in the Hall of Fame and it’s nice, but you’re no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Love

  Tags in Comic, Baseball, Player

• I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That’s what I grew up with – doing television, doing shows every week.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Idea, Audience, People

• I think the special thing about Python is that it’s a writers’ commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Python, Special, Thing

• No day of my life passes without someone saying the words ‘Monty Python’ to me. It’s not bad.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Words

• To me, the musical is best when it’s a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that’s what the musical does best.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Best, Musical, Comedy

• The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Transport, Issues

• We’ve discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Money

  Tags in Discovered

• You look just like you!

  Eric Idle

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Look

Eric Idle (10)

Birth:	29th March, 1943
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Composer, Lyricist, Singer, Writer

About

Eric Idle was born in Harton, near South Shields in County Durham, England. He is an English comedian, actor, singer-songwriter, writer and composer. He is a member of the English surreal comedy group Monty Python, a member of The Rutles on Saturday Night Live. His novels are Hello Sailor and The Road to Mars. In 1982, he wrote a West End farce Pass the Butler. He also wrote the book and co-wrote the music and lyrics for the musical Monty Python's Spamalot, based on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It premiered in Chicago before moving to Broadway, where it received the Tony Award for Best Musical of the 2004–05 season. He won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics. He wrote, produced and performed the song "Really Nice Day" for the movie The Wild.

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