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Eric Idle
English
Comedian
About the author
You look just like you!
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Money
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.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Songs
#Comedy
#Funny
The Minister of Transport issued this appeal to motorists: Can anyone give him a lift to Leicester?
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me go in a corner and cry by myself for hours.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Words
#Will
#May
No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Life
#Words
#Day
#Saying
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.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Writers
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.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#People
#Being
#Idea
#Television
#Funny
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.
Eric Idle,
English
Comedian
#Now
#Love
#Baseball
#Being
#Old
#Fame
#Soccer