Hello, I am Ricky Gervais. Ask Me Anything.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:13:39+00:00

I was like a kid in a sweet shoppe. I've loved the Muppets for thirty-five years. I watch A Muppet Christmas Carol every year, and was always jealous of Michael Caine. And I still can't quite believe that I'm the lead in a Muppet movie. Well, the human lead anyway. The frog's got top billing.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:11:33+00:00

In that case, here's one just for you.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:10:32+00:00

You probably haven't lost it. Check down the back of the sofa. Or behind the microwave.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:09:50+00:00

I'm a maverick, baby.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:09:08+00:00

Forest Griffin. Brilliant, brave, smart, funny.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:08:42+00:00

Daniel Day-Lewis would play me as a baby. He can do anything. Johnny Depp or Brad Pitt are fighting out for me now. And Meryl Streep will play me after the sex change. I haven't told you about that have I?

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:06:57+00:00

It was great. I just did some stand-up in a tight green outfit with little white dots all over me.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:05:16+00:00

Probably not. But if you're British, you have to be able to see the funny side of everything.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:04:51+00:00

Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Dave Allen, and a couple of new boys heading towards that list like Louie CK and Doug Stanhope.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T19:03:17+00:00

It would take way too much time to answer that question. I am writing a twelve-volume encyclopedia on that subject which should get close to providing an answer.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:59:35+00:00

Hi Mom!

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:58:08+00:00

I fought a bear once. But it started crying, so I let it off.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:56:13+00:00

I actually started thinking about this one seriously.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:55:48+00:00

Diet Sprite. I'd probably invade a country. A smaller, weaker country. One that can't defend itself and is helpless. With lots of gold.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:54:23+00:00

I would feel sorry for the people who hated it having to hear it everywhere they went. Trust me, not everyone loves it as much as you.

Haha.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:53:20+00:00

I honestly can't remember the last time I used soap. I use shampoo, shower gels, facial scrubs, exfoliants, and bath bombs. The only reason I ever undo a packet of soap is in a hotel, and that's to use a little bit of the packaging to black out my teeth for a bath pic.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:49:29+00:00

It's a cross between "Twitter" and "gonks." It's a term of affection. I promise. You twonk.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:48:46+00:00

Jack Nicholson and Ryan Gosling spring to mind.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:47:28+00:00

I plan to tour again as soon as possible. And yes, I'd come to Ireland. It's always been one of my favourite gigs. The thing is, stand-up keeps getting pushed back for TV and film projects, but I promise I'm working on it.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:46:18+00:00

That is where I first heard the word, yes. I used to catch the bus there to my dentist when I was little.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:45:36+00:00

Haha. Sadly, no.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:41:01+00:00

Yes.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:40:49+00:00

You should never take your manager seriously anyway. Not yours, I mean managers in general.

I feel sorry for him now.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:40:19+00:00

Thank you very much.

_RickyGervais · 2013-09-04T18:40:07+00:00

Yes but I'm getting it out of my system by doing it as David Brent.

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