VERY funny man

The 'Office' Manager's New Career

I'VE always been fascinated with actors who have to be heroes,
whereas I shy away from that," Ricky Gervais, the British comedian who will star
in a new HBO series, "Extras," this fall, was saying the other day. "I'm a
flawed character. I'm good at that." He uses a Yiddish word for loser. If you
want that sort, Mr. Gervais says, then "I'm your man. If you want John Wayne,
forget it." Oh? And why does he think he brings such verisimilitude to
portraying losers?
There's a long and evasive answer from Mr. Gervais: in
comedy one must take the work but not yourself seriously; there's no place for
machismo in comedy; audiences don't want to see someone who is perfect.
So
to a more pressing matter: how does this fellow from Reading, Britain, whose
father was a French Canadian, even know this bit of Yiddish?
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the office is THE funniest thing i've seen in YEARS. rent it on dvd or better yet, BUY it. wonderful