Ricky Gervais Quotes

I like being a funny lady. I think theres nothing sexier than a funny lady.

I'm a confident person. I just try to be me. I like to make people laugh, I am a comedienne - so if people find me sexy, that's awesome.

I'm not a man who constantly thinks up jokes.

Outsiders develop humor as a defense; why do you think most comedians are gay or Jewish?

I feel humor is important for those two reasons: that it is a little bit of refreshment like music, and that women have told me over the years that it is very, very important to them.

You get to a certain point, especially if you're a comedian, where people think certain things. It's like, I don't take the time to explain it to people, it's just part of what I do.

I think comedians get too much credit or too much criticism for the style of comedy they do, and they generally do the style of comedy that works for them. [...] There's no kind of shrewd calculation going into the type of standup we all do. It's like David Cross is supposed to be doing the David Cross' type of standup.

Not a time with him passed that I didn't say, "You should've been a comedian." [Vincent Price] was hilarious. He was just such a quick, funny wit. I don't think most people would think that about him, and it was really surprising to me. But man, the guy had a brilliant wit.

A better thing to grow up with is to be funny I think, and if I had, if I had my choice I would still pick that.

I just had a throwaway part, really, if you think about it. I'm not a natural actor, you know? I'm a comedian, through and through. And I really love my lines. Those are the lines I want to do.

I do think funny is like sexy. You're either funny and sexy, or you're not.

Any comedian who tells you how dark and dangerous they are, they're not dark and dangerous.

I often think it can often be very difficult for comedians to revisit the same gag. I think Russell's a bit more than a comedian.

Being sexy is kind of funny to me.

I think New Yorkers - they're media savvy. People have a sense of humor.

It's flattering that people think I'm sexy, but it's not the end-all, be-all. The minute I put my self-esteem on what they think I am, I'm screwed, because one day they're not going to think I'm sexy.

I get offered varied parts, often super sexy roles. But I still think it's an issue to find the good scripts. It's a myth that you win an Oscar and you get more opportunities, and this doesn't just go for me.

I think the second you think that you're funny is when you stop being funny.

If Jesus doesn't have a sense of humor, I am in huge trouble.

I think a lot of people think that we [comedians] are nerveless people in the theatre, that we don't feel that kind of terror which traditionally anyone who has to do any public speaking feels. It's worse for actors, because our livelihood depends on it.

I think the word "intelligent" dictates a lot about someone's sense of humor, and the terms of reference in your life, the way you interpret something you read or a painting you look at or something.

Elvis had animal magnetism, he was even sexy to the guys, I can't imagine what the chicks used to think.

Beautiful women are always drawn to men they think will keep them beautiful.

A sense of humor isn't everything. It's only 90 percent of everything.

I read that I’m supposed to be Hollywood’s new sex symbol . I think I’m the most unsexy thing that ever was. I’m open for everything of course, but I’m certainly not aware of being sexy.