Go ahead quote me

Rowan Atkinson.
Heather Graham.
Paul Wong.
Athena Chu.

I think it's quite weird that the arts community - for want of a better word - still have a long-lasting cynicism of the importance or the artistic value of comedy. You know, that comedy is just farting about for money.

MR BEAN STAR ROWAN ATKINSON


I spent too many years being hard on myself, like a drill sergeant in my head. I thought that if I was hard on myself, I'd get more results. But I now know that's not true.

ACTRESS HEATHER GRAHAM


I can't let my wife, who's become a mother, become my mother too.

FORMER BEYOND BASSIST PAUL WONG on not tiring out his wife, actress Athena Chu

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on March 23, 2016, with the headline Go ahead quote me. Subscribe