Eric Idle Quotes

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week.
I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
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.
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?
To me, the musical is best when it's a musical comedy. So if you have a very, very funny show, and very good, funny songs, that's what the musical does best.
We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.
You look just like you!
A website can be very time-intensive, but I'd love to have one where people can contribute to it - like invent islands and make their own flags, and their own laws. I think that'd be kind of fun.
Americans like to think 'Python' is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that.
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.
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 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.
I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.
I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man.
I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I rewrote Act II three times.
I never think in terms of target audience. I try to write what makes me laugh, so I'm the target audience. I guess I just hope there's another person in America like me.
I was thrilled to win a Tony in 2005 for 'Spamalot'.
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