British journalists tend to believe that people who become good at something do so because they seek fame and fortune. This is because these are the … - John Cleese

British journalists tend to believe that people who become good at something do so because they seek fame and fortune. This is because these are the sole motives of people who become British journalists.

Only a few things in life matter a little. The rest don’t matter at all.

<p>But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives?</p>
<p>Why</p>
<p>Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly important things may happen.:</p>
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You may get new information.
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You may get new ideas.
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<p>So why would you make a decision when you don't need to?</p>

Peter Sellers offered me a small part opposite him in a rather good scene where Sir Guy Grand purchases a ‘School of Rembrandt’ portrait and then cuts out the nose of it with a knife, explaining to my character (a snotty young art dealer) that he only collects noses. I, of course, have to react with horror, and I exclaim ‘Shit!’ This was quite a naughty word in 1968 – so naughty, in fact, that when, some months later, my scene was shown on television to promote the movie I became, as far as I know, the first person ever to say ‘shit’ on British television. (This, incidentally, is one of my three claims to fame: the others are that I have a species of lemur named after me, and that I was once French-kissed – on camera – by Tim Curry.)