Ricky Gervais Net Worth

Ricky Gervais's Quotes

• I did Jonathan Ross [Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)] last year and he said, "Do people do impressions of David Brent?" and I went, "Well, they can't really because he's such a normal bloke". Then, after the show, me and Ross are walking through the car park and this bloke jumps out and goes, "Der-ner-ner-ner-ner", does the David Brent dance and runs away. Jonathon Ross was in hysterics: "All that shit you came out with and then some bloke jumps out and runs away". But on the whole it doesn't really happen.
• [on turning down a role in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) I didn't really fancy sitting in a hotel room in Los Angeles for nine weeks for two minutes on screen, to be honest. I don't really want to be an actor. I want to write and direct. I've been offered about ten British films. Obviously all shit. I was offered one with Johnny Depp, but again, it was a small character part, and I thought, "What's the point?" No one's ever watched someone in seven films for one minute and said, "Yeah, give him his own film" . . . It doesn't happen.
• I've been offered a part in Alias (2001)_ and I'm going to do it. I love "Alias", it's great and J.J. Abrams is writing me a part especially. It's just whether I can do it or not--it's got to be the right time, the right project, it's got to be fun, it's got to be worth it and it mustn't be bad for my career. Most people go, "It'll do, it's work and it'll make me a bit more famous" or "the money's good," but I just think I've never regretted saying no. But a lot of people have regretted saying yes.
• [accepting his Golden Globe] I'm not from these parts. I'm from a little place called England--we used to run the world before you lot.
• [about the show-biz lifestyle] It's all too much trouble for me. It's probably because I'm fat and lazy and old.

Interesting Facts about Ricky Gervais

1. Worked as a DJ on London's XFM radio station and managed bands before going into TV comedy.
2. Won the 2003 O.K. Comedy Award.
3. Can play the guitar
4. He grew up in relative poverty but he has always admired his mother for the way in which she did not allow it to get in the way of a happy upbringing. She got herself into debt in order to make sure he had plenty of Christmas presents and it took her the whole of the following year to work her way out of it until Christmas beckoned again.
5. In 2004 Gervais released a children's book called "Flanimals." The sequel, "More Flanimals," was released in 2005.
6. Is the youngest of four siblings by 11, 13 and 14 years.
7. Very good friends with American comedian and TV presenter Jon Stewart and British comedian and TV presenter Jonathan Ross.
8. His favorite film is This Is Spinal Tap (1984).
9. He has been with long-term partner, producer Jane Fallon, since 1982.
10. Ranked #83 on the 2008 Telegraph's "100 most powerful people in British culture" list.
11. Has stated in interviews that he turned down several film roles before he accepted his lead role in Ghost Town (2008). These included Mission: Impossible III (2006), The Da Vinci Code (2006), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and "The Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy.
12. Revealed in an online interview that he does not like using his fame to just make money, including an example when he was offered nearly $4,000,000 for just one day's work on an advert for an unnamed company.
13. In the early '80s was in a pop group called "Seona Dancing". He was the main singer while Bill McCrae wrote music. They were not successful in the UK; however, they were very popular in the Phillipines.
14. Animal rights group PETA Europe have decided to name a bullock (a cow) they rescued in India, in honor of his love of all creatures [June 24, 2009].
15. Favorite all-time comedian is Woody Allen.
16. (May 10, 2010) Merited a place in Time magazine's - The 100 Most Influential People in the World ("Artists" category) - with an homage contributed by Karl Pilkington.
17. Cites Mike Leigh as a big influence.
18. Friends with George Michael.