Rowan Atkinson:People think because I can make them laugh on the stage, I'll be able to make them laugh in person. That isn't the case at all. I am essentially a rather quiet, dull person who just happens to be a performer.
Rowan Atkinson: Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.
Rowan Atkinson: I think I am a creative person, but I'm slightly more kind of visionary... I prefer to guide writers, than to claim to be one of them.
Rowan Atkinson: I, on the other hand, am a fully-rounded human being, with a degree from the University of Life, a diploma from the School of Hard Knocks, and three gold stars from the Kindergarten of Getting the **** Kicked Out of Me.
Rowan Atkinson: As I was leaving this morning, I said to myself 'the last thing you must do is forget your speech.' And sure enough, as I left the house this morning, the last thing I did was to forget my speech.
Rowan was the voice of Zazu in the Disney movie The Lion King in 1994.
Rowan will once again star as Mr. Bean in Mr. Bean's Holiday, released in the USA in September, 2007.
Rowan appeared as Johnny English in the film Johnny English in 2003.
Rowan escaped unhurt after crashing his Aston Martin V8 Zagato at the Aston Martin owner's club event in Yorkshire in 2001.
In 2002, Rowan won the Telvis Award for Best Foreign Male TV Performer (Ulkomainen miesesiintyj?).
In 1981, Rowan won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for: Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979).
In 1988, Rowan was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for: Blackadder the Third (1987).
In 1991, Rowan was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Light Entertainment Performance for:
In 1992, Rowan was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy (Programme or Series) for:
In 1994, Rowan won the TV Prize for Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (B?sta utl?ndska man) at the Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden.
In 1998, Rowan won the TV Prize for Best Foreign TV Personality - Male (B?sta utl?ndska man) at the Aftonbladet TV Prize, Sweden.
Rowan races (and also crashes) his Aston Martins in the Aston Martins Owners club series.
Rowan was one of the guests at Prince Charles's and Camilla Parker-Bowles' wedding.
Rowan was awarded the Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Comedy Performance in 1982 for the 1981 season.
Rowan regularly writes articles for CAR (a British car magazine).
Rowan's parents are Ella May and Eric Atkinson.
Rowan had a stammer which he overcame.
Rowan's wife is a make-up artist.
Rowan owns various fast cars.
Rowan's height is 6' (1.83 m).
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