Quotes from Ricky Gervais

If you spend your days doing what you love, it is impossible to fail. So I go about my days trying to bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. And then everyone gets furious about it. And then I sit back and say, 'I did that!'

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.

The second series is always my favourite as a writer/director; you can hit the ground running... so that's fun.

Why buy a book when you can join a library.

I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.

I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

I don't believe in ghosts or ESP or elves... or God. But I am spiritual in the sense that I get a lump in my throat when I listen to Vaughan Williams.

I love 'The Godfather' and 'Casablanca' - great stories, acted well, made well.

I am not a wolf in sheep's clothing, I'm a wolf in wolf's clothing.

I never had a plan. I just sort of ambled along, doing exactly what I wanted every day of my life.

The great thing about being an artist is, we want our work to be seen.

My dad was a laborer. And he used to get up at 5:30 every morning. He worked for 50 years of his life, in all weathers for, by showbiz standards, petty cash. I remind myself of that when I feel a little bit spoiled or hard done by.