Question: Is comedy evolving?
Ricky Gervais: Well, things are evolving. But the important thing is, they were nailed a hundred years ago by Laurel and Hardy. As I say, character, relationship, empathy. There has to be sweetness. There has to be precarious. And they did all that to a great level; needs to be done.
And they’re a big influence on me. And they’re funny. They got funny bones, which is important, funny lines. And nowhere near as important as funny bones.
