“At Cambridge, you have to kiss the vice-chancellor's fingers. But I missed out on that, 'cause I was doing a matinee. I don't want to kiss a strange man's fingers anyway.” MenWantCausesStrangeKissingFingersVicesCambridgeStrange Man Author:Eric Idle
“Newsman are the ones who - without them we don't have a civil rights movement, we don't have a women's movement, we don't have a Vietnam movement.” RightsMovementCivil RightsVietnamCivil Rights Movement Author:George Clooney
“Filming a pirate film is always good fun, with ships and indecent clothing.” FilmFunShipsClothingsPirateGood Fun Author:Eric Idle
“So far I've done two films that have basically been about television because I know that world.” KnowsWorldTwoDoneFilmTelevision Author:George Clooney
“I interviewed Matt [Stone] and Trey [Parker], actually, and I got to ask them questions. I love them deeply because they appeared dressed as J-Lo and someone else [who had worn the same scandalous dresses the year before at the Oscars]. They confessed they were on acid.” YearsAsksStonesDressesWornOscarsAcidScandalous Author:Eric Idle
“I don't necessarily know much about comedy, I don't spend a lot of time watching it. Mainly because all my life for about 50 years I've had comedy.” KnowsYearsComedy Author:Eric Idle
“Even if you've written something for print, I think it's good to try [it] out on someone because it changes. You can think it's hilarious and they can tell you it's not.” IfsThinkingTryingWrittenPrint Author:Eric Idle
“I got locked into a tradition [at Cambridge] of doing comedy.” ComedyTraditionLockedCambridge Author:Eric Idle
“When we graduated [ from Cambridge], we were grabbed right into television. I was grabbed straight into the practice of writing comedy. It was all writing and performing. You wrote something in order for you to perform it.” WritingOrderPracticeComedyTelevisionPerformingCambridgeWriting Comedy Author:Eric Idle
