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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 says people are mistaken about his humour: ‘They think every joke is a window to the comedian’s soul’
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msn.comRicky Gervais says people are mistaken about his brand of comedy. The comedian spoke to The New York Times in an interview marking the second season of his show After Life on Netflix (read The Independent‘s review here). “No, the world hasn’t changed.
No one looks at me differently. And I’ve got nothing against those people, really,” Gervais said. “I think that’s the mistake people make: They think that every joke is a window to the comedian’s soul – because I wrote it and performed it under my own name, that that’s really me.
And that’s just not true. “I’ll flip a joke halfway through and change my stance to make the joke better. I’ll pretend to be right wing, left wing, whatever wing, no wing.” © 2020 Vera Anderson LONDON, ENGLAND -
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