Michael Edward Palin
At Trento, Italy (3 May 2005)
Born: 5 May 1943, Broomhill, Sheffield, England, UK
Biography from Wikipedia and BAFTA
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- A good day's filming at last ... John Horton's rabbit effects are superb. A really vicious white rabbit, which bites Sir Bor's head off. Much of the ground lost over the week is made up. We listen to the Cup Final in between fighting the rabbit — Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0. permalink
Michael Palin - Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (2006) - All I ask of food is that it doesn't harm me. permalink
Michael Palin - Armageddon is not around the corner. This is only what the people of violence want us to believe. The complexity and diversity of the world is the hope for the future. permalink
Michael Palin - As I work in the afternoon on committing to paper some of my morning's thoughts, I find myself just about to close on the knotty question of whether or not I believe in God. In fact I am about to type, 'I do not believe in God', when the sky goes black as ink, there is a thunderclap and a huge crash of thunder and a downpour of epic proportions. I never do complete the sentence. permalink
Michael Palin - Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (2006) - Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people. permalink
Michael Palin - I always wanted to be an explorer, but — it seemed I was doomed to be nothing more than a very silly person. permalink
Michael Palin - I am not a great cook, I am not a great artist, but I love art, and I love food, so I am the perfect traveller. permalink
Michael Palin - I am very cautious of people who are absolutely right, especially when they are vehemently so. permalink
Michael Palin - Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (2006) - I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. permalink
Michael Palin - Diaries: The Python Years, 1969-1979 (2006) - I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking. permalink
Michael Palin - I mistrust total competence. I've always felt life is a series of small disasters we try to get through. permalink
Michael Palin - I remember queuing around the block in Sheffield when I was growing up. At that time, going to the cinema was really something special — there was something about the style of the real thing that is immeasurable nicer than multiplexes. permalink
Michael Palin - I think some of the best modern writing comes now from travellers. permalink
Michael Palin - I think you learn a lot about a country from its art. To me, it's part of the drama of life. It teaches you that there are places, moments and incidents in other cultures that genuinely have a life of their own. permalink
Michael Palin - I thought the "A Fish Called Wanda" script was awful when John [Cleese] first showed it to me ... and it's the most successful film I've ever done. permalink
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