Ricky Gervais Years Quotations

I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.

You are the result of billions of years of evolution. You will only live for a few years and will never exist again. Absolutely beautiful

My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty pleasure is everything MMA. Ultimate Fighter is amazing.

Just looking at all the faces here reminds me of some of the great work that was done this year . . . by cosmetic surgeons.

My physique is down to 20 years of eating cheese.

What will it feel like after you die? Exactly the same as it felt for those billions of years before you were born.

I've got three friends that you'd call famous, but I'm sure after 20 years, most of my friends will be famous or work in television, because that's the nature of what your work is. When I was working in an office, most of my friends worked in offices.

Whether you understand they evolved over billions of years or believe that a God made them all one afternoon, please be kind to animals.

I think Hollywood's gotten more reactionary and conservative over the years, because there's no longer art in Hollywood. Art suffers in Hollywood.

When I direct my own scripts, it's much easier as it's been in my head for a year already. What I love about this is having an idea and seeing it come to fruition onscreen. I would like to direct someone else's script one day, but I might not get round to it before I die - you can't legislate for being hit by a bus!