

“I don't do it so they turn round and go 'Thank you David for the opportunity, thank you for the laughs.' I do it so, one day, someone will go 'There goes David Brent.“There’s a weight of intellect behind my comedy, yeah?”.Joby Sessions/Total Guitar Magazine/Future via Getty Images Do you know which ‘philosopher’ said that? Dolly Parton." “’If you want the rainbow, you got to put up with the rain'.Ricky Gervais attends the World Premiere of David Brent: Life On The Road in August 2016.ĭavid M. “They’ve got to trust me - I'm taking these guys into battle, yeah? And I'm doing my own stapling.”.Lucy Davis, Martin Freeman and Ricky Gervais sign copies of The Office DVD in October 2002. ”I suppose I've created an atmosphere where I'm a friend first and a boss second.

Ricky Gervais at a screening of Muppets Most Wanted at the Curzon Mayfair in London. “When people say to me, ‘Oh, would you rather be thought of as a funny man or a great boss?’ My answer's always the same: to me, they're not mutually exclusive.".The cast of The Office, including Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook and Lucy Davis.Įverett Collection Inc / Alamy Stock Photo “We’re like one big organism, one big animal, yeah? The guys upstairs on the phone, they're the mouth.Ricky Gervais as David Brent in The Office.Īllstar Picture Library Ltd. I'd go: Milligan, Cleese, Everett… Sessions.” “If you were to ask me to name three geniuses, I probably wouldn't say Einstein, Newton.
