Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman
Graham Arthur Chapmanwas an English comedian, writer, actor, and one of the six members of the surreal comedy group Monty Python. He played authority figures such as the Colonel and the lead role in two Python films, Holy Grail and Life of Brian...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth8 January 1941
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I do not really look back with regret on any feelings or problems I have had in the past. I think I am more able to accept problems as being part of the rough and tumble of life. There are bound to be ups and downs. In retrospect, when you've gotten pasty a tough period, it makes the good things that much better.
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We had many concerns while planning Monty Python's Flying Circus... we wanted to avoid being bracketed as being another offshoot.
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We received a letter from a lady who was incensed about my moral depravity, as though I was destroying the underpinnings of society.
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If this one takes off, it could make me rich beyond my wildest dreams. And believe me, my dreams are pretty wild!
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We'd obviously realized at this stage that if we wrote something in a show that got repeated, then we would get another fee for it without having to do any extra work. Now that looked like a good idea, and as the BBC didn't pay us very much in the first place- the ingrates-it was almost essential to have the thing repeated.
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You know, Python should have won a Grammy for our musical work on the show.
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Dressing up as decrepit old ladies, and even decrepit young ladies, was one of our staples.
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World War II... did not happen to everyone, but it happened to most. There were people from Germany who were throwing bombs at us.
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I can't talk to a man who bears an undeserved animosity towards ferrets.
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Yes, clothes dryers are monsters, and more of them should be painted... we did paint the clothes dryer on the set.
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Other people build sketches after taking too many sleeping pills, but I never preferred that method, since I would keep dropping my pencil.
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It was appalling that all this money was being spent in the area on new developments and to encourage tourism, and yet this issue was allowed to drag on.
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Oh Lord please don't burn us don't kill or toast your flock. Don't put us on the barbecue or simmer us in stock. Don't bake or baste or boil us or stir-fry us in a wok.
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First you must find... another shrubbery! Then, when you have found the shrubbery, you must place it here, beside this shrubbery, only slightly higher so you get a two layer effect with a little path running down the middle. ("A path! A path!") Then, you must cut down the mightiest tree in the forrest... with... a herring!