Film
- Bernard Bresslaw (1934–1993)
- Bill Nighy
- John Cleese (born 1939), (Monty Python films)
- Robbie Coltrane (born 1950)
- Steve Coogan
- Ade Edmondson, (Guest House Paradiso)
- Lee Evans (born 1964)
- George Formby (1904–1961)
- Nick Frost, (Shaun of the Dead)
- Martin Freeman
- Marty Feldman (1933–1982)
- Will Hay (1888–1949)
- Eric Idle (born 1943), (Monty Python films)
- Sid James (1913–1976) (Carry On films)
- Rik Mayall, (Drop Dead Fred, Guest House Paradiso)
- Dudley Moore (1935–2002) (Arthur, 10)
- Simon Pegg, (Shaun of the Dead)
- Leonard Rossiter (1926–1984)
- Peter Sellers (1925–1980), (Dr. Strangelove, Inspector Clouseau films)
- Eric Sykes (1923–2012)
- Kenneth Williams (1926–1988), (Carry On films)
- Norman Wisdom (born 1915)
- Monty Python
- Russell Brand (St Trinians, Forgetting Sarah Marshall)
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Famous quotes containing the word film:
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you’ve got to find a language. Which goes for film as well as prose, for documentary as well as autobiography. Use the wrong language, and you’re dumb and blind.”
—Salman Rushdie (b. 1948)
“Is America a land of God where saints abide for ever? Where golden fields spread fair and broad, where flows the crystal river? Certainly not flush with saints, and a good thing, too, for the saints sent buzzing into man’s ken now are but poor- mouthed ecclesiastical film stars and cliché-shouting publicity agents.
Their little knowledge bringing them nearer to their ignorance,
Ignorance bringing them nearer to death,
But nearness to death no nearer to God.”
—Sean O’Casey (1884–1964)