Eric Idle Quotes
Top 51 wise famous quotes and sayings by Eric Idle
Eric Idle Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Life took over 4 billion years to evolve into you, and you've about 70 more years to enjoy it. Don't just pursue happiness, catch it.
When I was 23 I started writing for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and was paid three guineas for every minute's airtime.
I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this.
I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.
Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead.
My first professional job was appearing in a disastrous theatre production of Oh, What a Lovely War in Leicester Rep, shortly after leaving Cambridge.
I'm more surprised than anyone that 'Spamalot's done so well. You can never predict what's going to be a hit.
When, in 1966, I progressed to The Frost Report, I was paid ten guineas a minute. I was guaranteed three minutes a week, so this was good money.
At least in America, you have freedom of speech, which is a good thing. It's just a question of whether you're allowed to use it on 'Fox News'.
I do pool exercises, like weightlifting but underwater. I walk, I swim ... I'm pretty fit for an old bloke.
It just seems to me that there's no particular reason comedy albums should be dead. There's a lot to laugh at. We have very funny people, still.
I will jump on anybody's private plane at the drop of a hat. I'm an old-fashioned lower-middle-class boy.
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.
John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it.