John Cleese Quotes

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  A wonderful thing about true laughter is that it just destroys any kind of system of dividing people.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Laughter

  Tags in People, Wonderful

• Loving your neighbour as much as yourself is practically bloody impossible… You might as well have a commandment that states, ‘Thou shalt fly’.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Uncategorized

• Don’t mention the war. I mentioned it once but I think I got away with it.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Uncategorized

• I wish to complain about this parrot what I have purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Uncategorized

• I find it rather easy to portray a businessman. Being bland, rather cruel and incompetent comes naturally to me.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Business

  Tags in Incompetent, Cruel, Bland, Portray, Naturally, Easy, Rather, Find, Being, Come

• I used to desire many, many things, but now I have just one desire, and that’s to get rid of all my other desires.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Desire

• You don’t have to be the Dalai Lama to tell people that life’s about change.

  John Cleese

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Change

• There’s so many good people producing wine now, … It’s just amazing. There’s so much on the shelves. You don’t have to go buy those overpriced wines.

  John Cleese

• Don’t let anyone tell you what you ought to like, … Some wines that some experts think are absolutely exquisite don’t appeal to me at all.

  John Cleese

• Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.

  John Cleese

• It’s a catchy tune. Hopefully you’ll be hearing it on a football terrace near you, very, very soon.

  John Cleese

• I started to make harder jokes before anyone else did. And the producers would get anxious. They’d say, ‘That’s a little bit hard-edged, isn’t it?’ And I’d say, ‘Let’s just try it and see how the audience reacts. If they don’t like it, let’s cut it out.’ And the audience roared with laughter, so I learned you could do this harder humor and people loved it.

  John Cleese

• There’s something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we’re still a part of.

  John Cleese

• It’s exactly the same territory, and it’s a complete coincidence.

  John Cleese

• There’s something about watching an animal that puts you in contact with where we came from and what we’re still a part of.

  John Cleese

• I was very sad to hear of the death of Ronnie Barker, who was such a warm, friendly and encouraging presence to have when I started in television. He was also a great comic actor to learn from.

  John Cleese

• Still trying to run a hotel and getting it wrong.

  John Cleese

• We stay in contact vaguely because there are often little things to discuss, but I don’t think we’ve been in a room together for four years.

  John Cleese

• It is absolutely impossible to get even a majority of us together in a room, and I’m not joking. It just happens very, very seldom – every three years or something.

  John Cleese

• At the start, Connie wrote the Polly and Sybil roles, and she and I wrote Basil together.

  John Cleese

John Cleese (31)

Birth:	27th October, 1939
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Producer, Screenwriter, Voice Artist

About

John Marwood Cleese was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. He is an English actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer. His role in several films include: The Magic Christian, The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer (also writer), Clockwise, A Fish Called Wanda (also writer, Won- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, Nominated- Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay), Fierce Creatures (also writer and producer), Scorched, and God Loves Caviar. His role in other films (only voice), including The Swan Princess, George of the Jungle, Shrek 2, Igor, The Big Year, Planes, Trolls, and Charming. His role in television include: How to Irritate People (also writer), Monty Python's Flying Circus (Nominated- BAFTA Television Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance), Sez Les (comedy sketch show), Fawlty Towers (also writer, Nominated- BAFTA Television Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance), Cheers (Won- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series), 3rd Rock from the Sun, The Human Face, and Will & Grace.

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