I was brought up to be a good boy and proud of myself so I suppress all the things about me that are bad.

I had a very happy childhood, happy teenage years and I was famous by the time I was 22. A charmed life.

I don't have moments of weakness. I'm Rik Mayall.

I was in a coma for five days - I was dead longer than Jesus before he was raised from the dead.

Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy.

I live on the limit, Vyvyan. The limit, because I'm a rider at the gates of dawn and I take no prisoners!

On stage you can group 200 people together and scare them or embarrass them or whatever. You can't do that on TV. You have to use the conventions, that's why Kevin (Turvey) works so well.

Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit

Of course Stephen King doesn't believe in teen novels. I've started to suspect he doesn't even believe in teenagers.

Coming together should be considered something positive for people and communities. When thoughts come together, that can be more positive than an individual thought.

No matter what you’ve been through, no matter what others might have thought about you...you are who God says you are. You are talented, you are a success, and you are an overcomer!

Nobody ever saw a cowboy on the psychiatrist's couch.

All my shows are therapy, trying to navigate interesting subjects so I can work them out and to be honest and say some things are beyond the wit of this man.

Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.

Pride is innate in beauty, and haughtiness is the companion of the fair.

I had too much respect for the game to leave it behind or to make it my second or third sport in college

I am not good at aligning myself with any movement that comes along but also I don't like the thought of sitting back and doing nothing.