Quote
“The one thing I remember about Christmas was that my father used to take me out in a boat about ten miles offshore on Christmas Day, and I used to have to swim back. Extraordinary. It was a ritual. Mind you, that wasn't the hard part. The difficult bit was getting out of the sack."
Known For:
Monty Python
Fawlty Towers
I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again
How Americans may know him:
Sir Lancelot in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
Fun Fact
In a high school prank, he painted footprints that lead from the plinth of a statue of Field Marshal Earl Haig to the nearby toilet, suggesting that the stone figure had gotten up to relieve himself.
Miserable Fact
Has been forced to sell his properties and possessions and take on roles and projects that are creatively unfulfilling in order to pay one of his ex-wives almost $20million in divorce settlement payments.
