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Ricky Dene Gervais (born 25 June 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, film producer, director and musician. He is perhaps best known for creating, writing and acting in the British television series The Office (2001–2003). He has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the Rose d'Or twice (2006 and 2019), as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In 2007, he was placed at No. 11 on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups and at No. 3 on the updated 2010 list. In 2010, he was named on the Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.
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Ricky Gervais Explains How He Negotiated Judi Dench Golden Globes Joke
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hollywoodreporter.comOn Monday's Late Night, Ricky Gervais told host Seth Meyers how he negotiated his memorable joke targeted at Judi Dench's role in Cats while hosting the 2020 Golden Globes.
The comedian said that he didn't spend much time preparing for the hosting gig. "I don't rehearse or anything like that, but I do have to show it to a lawyer just to make sure that I don't break the law or libel anyone or break taste and decency," he explained of the jokes he wrote for the show. "And I never have.
I've always read it to a lawyer an hour before and they’ve gone, 'Yeah, that's fine.'" Before the 2020 awards show, Gervais had a meeting with 15 lawyers. "I don't know if that was they're getting more nervous about me or the times have changed," he said..
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