John Cleese once told me he’d do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it. Eric Idle Read Quote
Americans like to think ‘Python’ is how English people really are. There is an element of truth to that. Eric Idle Read Quote
If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives? Eric Idle Read Quote
Probably spending 12 years at boarding school – comedy became a survival gene. But I think some people are funny right off the bat, as soon as they can speak or be naughty. Eric Idle Read Quote
You initially become funny as a kid because you’re looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that’s all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam’s the same. All of us together make one completely insane person. Eric Idle Read Quote
I’m more surprised than anyone that ‘Spamalot’s done so well. You can never predict what’s going to be a hit. Eric Idle Read Quote
I won’t read scripts because I have a limited amount of time. Why should I help other people do lame stuff when I can just go out and put on lame stuff of my own? Eric Idle Read Quote
I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man. Eric Idle Read Quote
