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“Johnny English is someone who really means well it's just that he's not as good as he thinks he is, and I think that maybe that's the British male in a nutshell.”

Quote by Rowan Atkinson

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Rowan Atkinson, born on January 6, 1955, is a renowned British actor. Known for his unique comedic style and exceptional acting skills, he is best recognized for his role as Mr. Bean in the 'Mr. Bean' film series. Atkinson's acting career began on the stage, gradually shifting to television and film, making him a comedy star in both the UK and internationally. more

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“It certainly helps, I think, with some actors to understand the process of acting. You see what extraordinary pressure they're under, there's a huge circus dedicated to a particular moment and they're got to deliver and it can help that you, even if empathetically alone, understand what they're doing.”

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“ITV and the production company contacted me and asked if I fancied playing the role [of Maigret]. It took me a long time to decide to do it. In fact, I decided not to. I thought about it for some weeks, and thought 'perhaps not' and it went away for a while, and then it sort of came back. They said 'Are you sure you don't want to play him?', so I thought about it for a lot longer again, and eventually decided that I would.”

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“The decision to do it [play Maigret] was related to the fact that the character is a very ordinary man, and generally speaking I haven't played very many ordinary men.”

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“I tend to play rather odd men. People that are slightly odd or eccentric, or have a more particular attitude to life.”

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“The problem with Maigret is he hasn't got a limp, and he hasn't got a lisp, and he hasn't got a French accent, or a particular love of opera... or all those other things that people tend to attach to many fictional detectives. He's just an ordinary guy doing an extraordinary job, in a very interesting time.”

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“The job is interesting, and the task is difficult, but the man [Maigret] is just a decent man doing a very ordinary job.”

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“It was the challenge of that that I found daunting, but also engaging and interesting [to play Maigret].”

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“It's the demand in many ways of modern television drama - it's very low key and naturalistic, and, generally speaking, the characters that I've played have not been low key and naturalistic.”

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