Eric Idle

You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person. ”

A website can be very time-intensive, but I'd love to have one where people can contribute to it - like invent islands and make their own flags, and their own laws. I think that'd be kind of fun. ”

I love stage work. The thing about plays is that they're perfectible. With film, you shoot that take and maybe another. During 'Spamalot,' I rewrote Act II three times. ”

The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat. ”

I love my family, my wife, my kids, my dogs, my home, my life. I am a very happy and contented man. ”

I have been very blessed in my life and rewarded with good friends and good health. I am grateful and happy to be able to share this. ”

No day of my life passes without someone saying the words 'Monty Python' to me. It's not bad. ”

Nobody gets irony anymore, as we are now living in the post-ironic age. Once George Bush gets a library, our irony is dead. ”

I like the idea of being out there regularly with an audience and with a funny gang of people. That's what I grew up with - doing television, doing shows every week. ”

Life is a comedy when watching and a tragedy when experiencing. I try and share anything I have. ”