“John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.” Quote by Eric Idle
“You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.” ThinkingPersonsKidsTogetherMotherAttentionAnd LoveInsaneAbandonmentPsychologistInsane PersonAttention And Love Author:Eric Idle
“Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.” AgeLibraryPostsIronyIronic Author:Eric Idle
“Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.” IfsWorldWayMayTermInterestingTalentAmbition Author:Eric Idle
“I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.” TryingDifferentAudienceHomo SapiensBounce Author:Eric Idle
“If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?” IfsAbleArtistPaidStudiosExecutives Author:Eric Idle
“People can tell the truth much more freely when they're apparently lying.” PeopleLyingTelling The Truth Author:Eric Idle
“Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.” PeopleThinkingElementsPython Author:Eric Idle
“I like being a foreigner. For me, to live in California is very pleasant - I'm more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.” FeelingsGovernmentComfortableResponsibleCaliforniaPleasantForeignersHealth System Author:Eric Idle
“I won't read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own?” PeopleShouldI CanHelpingStuffMy OwnAmountScriptsHelping OthersShould ILame Author:Eric Idle
