Rowan Atkinson quotes

Born
January 6 1955, Consett, County Durham, England.

Occupation
Actor, comedian, writer.

Rowan Atkinson is an English actor, comedian, and writer.

But I always feel that whatever I do, I could do better. I suppose it is perfectionism.
– Rowan Atkinson

I like to juggle with one ball at a time. Then I put the ball down and do nothing for extended periods of time.
– Rowan Atkinson

It’s a bit disconcerting being treated like Madonna.
– Rowan Atkinson

The older you get, the more you realise how happenstance… has helped to determine your path through life.
– Rowan Atkinson

I consider myself more of a visual comedian than a physical one.
– Rowan Atkinson

I want to express myself in a different way. I have a performing inclination.
– Rowan Atkinson

I mean I can do it when I’m very relaxed, and with good friends, then I think I can be amusing.
– Rowan Atkinson

I have always worried about things more than I should.
– Rowan Atkinson

I have to say that I’ve always believed perfectionism is more of a disease than a quality. I do try to go with the flow but I can’t let go.
– Rowan Atkinson

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.
– Rowan Atkinson

You’re about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest.
– Rowan Atkinson

I suddenly think the job of acting is a difficult one. It’s not as flip, irrelevant and shallow a calling as I thought it was in the Eighties.
– Rowan Atkinson

Of course, some would say if you have a performing inclination, then you should become a lawyer. That’s a platform we use, or a priest. You know, anywhere you lecture and pontificate to people.
– Rowan Atkinson

It’s the difficulty we had with Mr. Bean, actually, when it went from TV to film. You certainly discover that you need to explain more about a character.
– Rowan Atkinson

It’s not easy to take a sit-com and turn it into a feature.
– Rowan Atkinson

Funny things tend not to happen to me. I am not a natural comic. I need to think about things a lot before I can be even remotely amusing.
– Rowan Atkinson

I’ve always required a formal setting, a stage or a film or TV studio in which to perform. And above all I need to become somebody else. I’m certainly not a stand-up comedian in any sense.
– Rowan Atkinson

Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
– Rowan Atkinson

I’m very good at having time off. I tend to take whole years off – I had 1994 and 1997 off. I find it very easy; I just love pottering around doing normal things.
– Rowan Atkinson