Ricky Gervais Real Quotations

Your God is the best God. In fact, he's the only God. All other Gods are ridiculous, made up rubbish. Not yours though. Yours is real.

Take a picture not a trophy This is how real men shoot animals

I use people's real voices because I want realism. So often I mention the actors' physicality because I want it to be like a real documentary.

We want to see a struggle. We want to see people falling over but getting themselves back up on their feet, and that's what's extraordinary- ordinary people and their struggle. There's nothing as interesting as real life out your window. You walk down the street for half an hour, I'll give you half an hour of drama.

Real racist jokes or sexist jokes aren't funny - not because they're offensive, but because they're not true. As soon as a joke is based on an untruth, it's not funny.

Life is so interesting... just every day life. I remember someone once saying: "Drama is real life with the boring bits taken out."

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got to be real.