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John Cleese

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Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.


— John Cleese


#bad #bad taste #been #fun #generic

The Americans all love 'The Holy Grail', and the English all love 'Life Of Brian', and I'm afraid on this one, I side with the English.


— John Cleese


#brian #english #grail #holy #holy grail

The thrill I got discovering Buster Keaton when I was growing up was so exciting. He was one of the greats.


— John Cleese


#discovering #exciting #got #greats #growing

Well, the only way I can get a leading-man role is if I write it.


— John Cleese


#i #i can #i write #only #role

Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!


— John Cleese


#film #get #girl #going #i

Wine is wonderful stuff. But so many people are put off by the snobbery of it.


— John Cleese


#off #people #put #snobbery #stuff

God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.


— John Cleese


#father #flattered #god #know #like

If God did not intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?


— John Cleese


#eat #god #intend #make #meat






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Filmography


Video game credits
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time (1994) 7th Level
Storybook Weaver (1994) MECC
Monty Python & the Quest for the Holy Grail (1996) 7th Level
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1997) Panasonic
Starship Titanic (1998) Simon & Schuster Interactive (voice of the Bomb) — (Credited as Kim Bread)
007 Racing (2000) Electronic Arts
The World Is Not Enough (2000) Electronic Arts
Storybook Weaver Deluxe (2004) MECC The Learning Company
James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing (2004) Electronic Arts
Trivial Pursuit: Unhinged (2004) Atari
Jade Empire (2005) BioWare (as Sir Roderick Ponce von Fontlebottom the Magnificent Bastard)
Shrek the Third (2007) King Harold Narrator
Fable III (2010) Jasper
Time Troopers (2004) Mr. Simon Finch-Royce)
(1998) Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor – Comedy Series / 3rd Rock from the Sun (as Dr. Wednesday 9:30 (8:30 Central) (2002) as Red
Will & Grace (2003–2004) as recurring character Lyle Finster.

In the mid-1970s Cleese and his first wife Connie Booth co-wrote and starred in the British sitcom Fawlty Towers. With Yes Minister writer Antony Jay he co-founded Video Arts a production company making entertaining training films.

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