I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.

Always look on the bright side of life - Eric Idle

Eric Idle (born 29 March 1943) is an English actor, comedian, songwriter, musician, screenwriter and playwright. He was a member of the British comedy group Monty Python and the parody rock band the Rutles.

Quotes

• Always look on the bright side of life.
  • Song written for the film, Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

• Typical Hollywood crowd - all the kids are on drugs, and all the adults are on roller skates.
  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

• American Beer is a lot like making love in a canoe - it's fucking close to water.
  • Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)

• Basically, the Germans came to us and said, "We don't have a sense of humour."
  • Answering the question "Why did you do two episodes in German?" on an HBO (March 1998) Python reunion special.

• I got used to dealing with groups of boys and getting on with life in unpleasant circumstances and being smart and funny and subversive at the expense of authority.
  • On his childhood years in a boarding school. From Bob McCabe The Pythons' Autobiography of the Pythons (2003).

External links

Monty Python
Members	Graham Chapman · John Cleese · Terry Gilliam · Eric Idle · Terry Jones · Michael Palin
Supporting cast	Carol Cleveland · Neil Innes
Television series	Flying Circus  (1969–1974) · Fliegender Zirkus  (1972) · Personal Best  (2006)
Filmography	And Now for Something Completely Different  (1971) · Holy Grail  (1975) · Life of Brian  (1979) · Live at the Hollywood Bowl  (1982) · The Meaning of Life  (1983)
Music	Monty Python albums
Specials	Parrot Sketch Not Included  (1989) · Live at Aspen  (1998) · Python Night  (1999)
Documentaries	The Seventh Python  (2008) · Almost the Truth (Lawyers Cut)  (2009)
Stage productions	Spamalot  (opened 2005) · Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy)  (premiered 2007) · An Evening Without Monty Python  (debuted 2009) · Live (mostly)  (premiered 2014)
Literature	Big Red Book  (1971) · Brand New Bok  (1973)
Video games	Flying Circus  (1990) · Complete Waste of Time  (1994) · Quest for the Holy Grail  (1996) · The Meaning of Life  (1997) · Cow Tossing  (2011)
Related articles	Do Not Adjust Your Set  (1967–1969) · At Last the 1948 Show  (1967) · How to Irritate People  (1968) · We Have Ways of Making You Laugh  (1968) · The Complete and Utter History     of Britain  (1969) · Rutland Weekend Television  (1975–1976) · Ripping Yarns  (1979) · Holy Flying Circus  (2011) · A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's     Graham Chapman  (2012)