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Richard Ayoade — English Comedian born on June 12, 1977,

Richard Ellef Ayoade is an English actor, writer, TV presenter, and director. He is best known for is roles as Maurice Moss in The IT Crowd — for which he won the 2014 BAFTA for Best Male Comedy Performance — and as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. He has directed films such as Submarine, The Double, starring Jesse Eisenberg, and various music videos for bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Kasabian. Ayoade has often worked alongside Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Matt Berry, and Rich Fulcher in shows such as The Mighty Boosh and Nathan Barley, is a team captain on panel show Was It Something I Said? and presents the factual show Gadget Man... (wikipedia)

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the laughs generally come on the reaction of the straight man to the funny thing the other person has done.

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: 'Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened' is one of the funniest lines in any film.

I'm just terrible. At talking. With words.

I find performing very difficult. It's difficult to be a good actor. I get very nervous, even though it sounds disingenuous, because you could legitimately go, 'Well, why do it?'

Richard Ayoade Quotes

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