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" The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty. "
Ricky Gervais
Really
Only
Me
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" People now live their lives like an open wound to be famous - they do bad things because they're rewarded for it. "
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Famous
People
Live
" I don't care whether people say, ''The Office' is rubbish, 'Extras' is worse, 'Flanimals' is a waste of time. He's not funny; he never has been. I hate him.' I don't mind that at all. In fact, not only do I expect it, I celebrate it, because I think the haters are really important. "
Ricky Gervais
Time
People
Think
" Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got. "
Ricky Gervais
Your
You
Reputation
" 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
Peel
Nothing
Teeth
" Ego is hilarious - especially the vanity of a comedian. As soon as you see one start worrying about how cool he is or about how many stadiums he can fill, he stops being funny. "
Ricky Gervais
Start
Cool
Ego
" I like flying to New York from London. It's like a day off for me. No phone or e-mails. Food, wine, iPod, movies, snoozing. "
Ricky Gervais
Day
Wine
Me
" All of my friends are oddities. "
Ricky Gervais
Friends
" I think comedies should be short. I don't want to be self-indulgent; I don't want a two-hour comedy. "
Ricky Gervais
I Think
Want
Think
" I don't do one-liners, because you don't learn anything about that comedian. "
Ricky Gervais
Because
Anything
About
" I think all art - even one as lowly as making jokes about celebrities - is there to make a connection. "
Ricky Gervais
Jokes
I Think
Art
" Let's be honest here: Twitter, for me, is 90 per cent a marketing tool. "
Ricky Gervais
Marketing
Honest
Here
" The grass isn't always greener on the other side! "
Ricky Gervais
Side
Always
Grass
" Cynicism, to me, is trying to make people as unhappy as you are. "
Ricky Gervais
Trying
You
Unhappy
" What makes 'Derek' a different kind of sitcom - if it is even a sitcom - is its sincerity. "
Ricky Gervais
Even
Sincerity
Makes
" I'm a fan of the kind of political correctness that is about not promoting prejudice. But some people in America are offended by equality because when you've had privilege for so long, equality feels like oppression. "
Ricky Gervais
People
Equality
America
" How many times have we seen reality celebrities fall from grace - often through no fault of their own - and then go on a show like 'Celebrity Big Brother' and say, 'I want to show the public a different side of me.' And I'm screaming at the telly going, 'This is not therapy. This is voyeurism!' "
Ricky Gervais
Brother
Fall
Grace
" I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to be funny. "
Ricky Gervais
Forget
Down
Thinking
" Believe it or not, I work out regularly. "
Ricky Gervais
Believe
Out
Work Out
" Oh, let's face it: I hate everything in others. "
Ricky Gervais
Everything
Oh
Face
" With the Internet era and social media and politics being so out there with the lies, now you've got people denying things they're on camera doing, and then you've got people not really caring about the truth. You've got people supporting people who've done horrific things, but just don't want the other side to get any satisfaction. "
Ricky Gervais
Politics
Social Media
Truth
" Honor is a gift a man gives himself. You can be as good as anyone that ever lived. If you can read, you can learn everything that anyone ever learned. But you've got to want it. "
Ricky Gervais
Honor
Gift
You
" I always do a little bit of improv. I did some of 'The Office,' a tiny bit in 'Extras,' a bit more in 'Derek.' "
Ricky Gervais
Little
Improv
Office
" Comedy is easy for me, but with drama, I don't know... it's still the Holy Grail. "
Ricky Gervais
Drama
Easy
Know
" The great thing about being an artist is, we want our work to be seen. "
Ricky Gervais
Seen
Artist
Work
" I'd never tried as hard with anything as I did with 'The Office,' and it was one of the things I'm proud of. I wasn't trying to be famous or a comedian, but this opportunity came along when I was 38 or 39. It came late, and I couldn't have been prouder of it. "
Ricky Gervais
Proud
Famous
Late
" 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
Religion
He
Know
" You should make something. You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that.' "
Ricky Gervais
World
Back
Create
" Proper stupidity is fascinating. "
Ricky Gervais
Fascinating
Stupidity
Proper
" I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes. "
Ricky Gervais
Elderly
Forgotten
Sometimes
" Free speech is one of the most important things to me, but I think it gets confusing when it comes to offense. Because for one, just because you have the right to say anything, it doesn't mean you have to. "
Ricky Gervais
Important
Me
Speech