Trump has more in common with David Brent than he does with JFK. He is not a politician. He’s an entertainer. He’s a man who is at the moment taking part in the biggest reality show of all time, starring himself. – Ricky Gervais
He can’t believe his luck, can he? And neither can all the privileged people in America going ‘about time, we’ve got a spokesman’. – Ricky Gervais On Donald Trump’s election as US president.
I don’t think he ever thought he’d be president – he just thought it was fun. – Ricky Gervais On Donald Trump.
I also realized growing up that all the best things were free: friends, nature, learning and health care. That’s why I gladly pay my taxes. And that’s why I clap the NHS. – Ricky Gervais
People ask me why I dress like a tramp. And I say, ‘My clothes are clean and comfortable. Who am I trying to impress?’ I don’t wear £50,000 watches. I don’t collect cars because I can’t drive. – Ricky Gervais
Men worked hard, but women worked miracles. Because when my dad finished his work that was his own time. But my mum didn’t stop working, women didn’t stop working. Carers didn’t stop working, all the women in my family were carers in some respect. – Ricky Gervais The Office star on his labourer father and carer mother.
I think money’s for the safety of your family and friends, and you can’t take it with you. – Ricky Gervais
I think sometimes I get labelled ‘controversial comedian’. Well, what they mean is honest comedian. – Ricky Gervais
Every stand-up I’ve done, every series I have done, there have been ten different people complaining. Well, thousands of people. Everyone thinks their complaint is the worst thing. – Ricky Gervais
I did a routine about nut allergies and one woman said, ‘You should never joke about food allergies’. And I said, ‘I joke about the Holocaust and you’re telling me I should never joke about food allergies?’. And she said, ‘Yes, but the Holocaust didn’t kill children’. – Ricky Gervais
Everything is up for grabs, it’s how we do it. I have always said there’s never a subject that you shouldn’t talk about or joke about. It just depends what the joke is. And people get offended when they mistake the subject of the joke with the actual target. – Ricky Gervais
Complaining about being in a mansion with a swimming pool. Honestly, I don’t want to hear it. – Ricky Gervais Comedian saying stars should stop moaning about their life under the coronavirus lockdown.
David Brent: It could be worse. There’s a neighbour of mine, Kelvin. He’s 32 and still lives with his parents. Tim: I live with my parents. David Brent: Cherish them. You will miss them when they’re not around. Both of mine are dead. Well, Dad isn’t dead. He’s in a home. So, as good as. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
People see me, and they see the suit, and they go: “you’re not fooling anyone”, they know I’m rock and roll through and through. But you know that old thing, live fast, die young? Not my way. Live fast, sure, live too bloody fast sometimes, but die young? Die old. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
This lot sound like they haven’t read a book between them! College boys. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
The point is you talk the talk, but do not walk the walk, vis-a-vis you’ve not yet passed your forklift driver’s test. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
I don’t think you’d win a Pulitzer Prize for filth. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
If that’s it, can you leave now, please? I’ve got stuff to do. I’ve got laughter to give, I’ve got money to raise. Mouths to feed. Thanks for your time. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty…satisfaction. That’s what I’m…you know. Trust people and they’ll be true to you. Treat them greatly, and they will show themselves to be great. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
I’m sort of fused Flashdance with MC Hammer sh*t. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
Dr Dre, yeah. Ice-T. They’re the equivalent of Wordsworth. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
There’s no difference between fame and infamy now. There’s a new school of professional famous people that don’t do anything. They don’t create anything. – Ricky Gervais
I can type in, say, ‘sex…fetish’. It takes a little while. There. Two thousand, two hundred and thirty matches. Just click on one, at random. ‘Dutch girls must be punished for having big boobs.’ Now, you don’t punish anyone, Dutch or otherwise, for having big boobs. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
No, I don’t have a great many ethnic employees, that’s true, but it’s not company policy. I haven’t got a sign on the door that says, ‘White people only’, you know? I don’t care if you’re black, brown, yellow – Orientals make very good workers, for example. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
People say I’m the best boss. They go, ‘Oh, we’ve never worked in a place like this before, you’re such a laugh. You get the best out of us.’ And I go, you know, ‘C’est la vie.’ If that’s true – excellent. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
If you’re wondering what that meeting was just about in there…That’s it…I’ve been made redundant. Yeah. After it was me who saved others from redundancy. And then it’s back…The good die young. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
[On Beethoven] I don’t think he could have done better if he’d heard what he was playing, in my opinion. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).
I don’t give sh*tty jobs. If a good man comes to me and says, “thank you, David, for the opportunity and continued support in the work-related arena, but I’ve done that, I want to better meself, I want to move on,” then I can make that dream come true, too, a.k.a. for you. – Ricky Gervais As David Brent, in The Office (UK).