“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
“There's no gap between the writer and the performer, which is what I think makes [Monty] Python unique. Five or six people who write Python and five or six who act it. That's what makes it unique.” PeopleThinkingWritingFiveSixUniqueGapsPerformersPythonMonty Author:Eric Idle
“One of the reasons we moved to L.A. in the first place [was] so that it was no big deal that I was in show business. We decided if we move[d] to L.A., then everyone in one way or another was involved in it.” IfsWayFirstsReasonShowsBigsMovingDealsInvolvedDecidedMovedOne WayShow BusinessBig Deal Author:Eric Idle
