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" As I see it, there's mainstream comedy - and then there's me, out in the badlands. "
I See
Comedy
Then
" Bring me another bad one, and I shall protect my British people - I brought down Thatcher to protect my people, and I'm bringing down Tony to defend them, and I'll be there for any other dangers that come along. "
Me
Down
Bring
" I died. Which is fantastic, because I have died already; I have been there and come back. I am completely recovered, thank you. "
Thank You
You
Am
" I'd love Shakey Bill to tell me a story - I mean, William Shakespeare, he could squeak a nib couldn't he? "
Tell
Mean
Me
" I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall. "
Weakness
Moments
" I don't want people to know who I am. "
I Am
Know
People
" I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. "
Famous
Time
Life
" I have always tended toward extremism: I'm Motorhead rather than REO Speedwagon. "
Toward
Extremism
Always
" I'm frightened of interviews. "
Interviews
Frightened
" Insanity is a very high art form. If everyone was insane, I wouldn't be here! "
High
Here
Insanity
" I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that... but I've never been very good at... I don't want to have to answer questions I don't know the answer to properly. I have an opinion. "
Opinion
Good
Know
" It's difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say. "
Eyes
Present
Trust
" I've always had a problem with doing what I'm told. "
Had
Problem
Doing
" I've always had live audiences. "
Had
Always
Audiences
" I would love to do more on the stage; having actual contact with the audience is great. You can give them a good seeing to! "
Love
Seeing
Great
" London audiences are the most challenging around - it's a group of such diverse strangers. "
Around
Strangers
Most
" Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy. "
Missed
Happy
Just
" Something that has been important to me is never to repeat myself, never to go back. "
Important
Me
Myself
" Storytelling has always been one of my great pleasures. "
Great
Always
Storytelling
" When I was young, I saw some of my heroes doing it on the telly. We're talking about Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers, Arthur Lowe, Ian McKellan, Kenneth Williams. These were all guys telling stories to me. "
Me
Talking
Heroes
" When you're an experienced celeb - which I am - you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you're not 'on'. I'm always on! "
Sometimes
Just
I Am
" With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in. "
Rather
Audience
Than
" With an audience it's now, there are no editors around. It's just me and the audience and it's what I like best. "
Just
Audience
Now
" Words on the page don't have the same impact as somebody saying the words to you. "
You
Impact
Saying
" You perform for a different audience each night. People who don't understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don't - you have to find out who they are and give it to them. "
You
People
Night
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