Ricky Gervais quotes
Born
June 25, 1961, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK.
Occupation
Stand-up comedian, actor, director, screenwriter.
Ricky Gervais is an English stand-up comedian, actor, director and screenwriter.
Offence is the collateral damage of free speech.
– Ricky Gervais
Luckily, even when people are shouting lies, the truth is undamaged. Science doesn’t matter what you believe.
– Ricky Gervais
Humor is to get us over terrible things.
– Ricky Gervais
I’ve got re-addicted to normal people, which is the loveliest thing to write about.
– Ricky Gervais
Proper stupidity is fascinating.
– Ricky Gervais
Even I can’t talk about myself for an hour.
– Ricky Gervais
I haven’t had my teeth fixed, I haven’t had a hair transplant. I haven’t had a skin peel, tummy tuck. I’ve done literally nothing.
– Ricky Gervais
Money gives me the creeps and mildly embarrasses me. I get paid too much anyway.
– Ricky Gervais
The grass isn’t always greener on the other side!
– Ricky Gervais
The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty.
– Ricky Gervais
I don’t know what Trump has to do to lose his supporters. It’s like a religion. He’s a school bully.
– Ricky Gervais
People confuse the subject of the joke with the target of the joke, and they’re very rarely the same.
– Ricky Gervais
Someone not liking my work doesn’t mean I have to give the awards or the money back. People who don’t like your work have no effect on you.
– Ricky Gervais
I think being nice is more important than being clever.
– Ricky Gervais
I’d much rather eat exactly what I want, and then burn it off, than diet.
– Ricky Gervais
Where there’s a will – there’s a relative!
– Ricky Gervais
I like Phil Collins, he’s a lovely man, but I don’t want Phil Collins fans. I don’t want the comedy equivalent.
– Ricky Gervais
I didn’t know I was poor, growing up, because everyone was in the same boat. I couldn’t have bikes. It never really bothered me, but I could have any book. I loved school; I loved learning. Yeah, I never cared for possessions. I still don’t, really.
– Ricky Gervais
Why buy a book when you can join a library.
– Ricky Gervais
I lift weights. Then I put them down again.
– Ricky Gervais