I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life. Rik Mayall Read Quote
When you’re an experienced celeb – which I am – you sometimes just need a bit of space, when you’re not ‘on’. I’m always on! Rik Mayall Read Quote
It’s difficult for me, to look into eyes of a journalist and trust him to present it as you say. Rik Mayall Read Quote
I ought to be groovy and be able to say the enemy is this and the enemy is that… but I’ve never been very good at… I don’t want to have to answer questions I don’t know the answer to properly. I have an opinion. Rik Mayall Read Quote
You perform for a different audience each night. People who don’t understand just think that you go out there every night and do the same thing, but you don’t – you have to find out who they are and give it to them. Rik Mayall Read Quote
With an audience it’s now, there are no editors around. It’s just me and the audience and it’s what I like best. Rik Mayall Read Quote
With 1,000-seater venues, rather than 5,000-seaters, there are richer opportunities for sucking the audience in. Rik Mayall Read Quote