Ricky Gervais : (6) " Stupidity without malice isn’t horrible; some people can’t help it. " - Ricky Gervais " A couple of people I knew went to university apart from me, but all the way through I was the smartest kid in the school. That’s luck, but I was proud of it. And I was also proud of doing well without trying. As you get older, and it took me a long time to realise it, that’s a disgusting attitude, revolting. " - Ricky Gervais " Science is constantly proved all the time. If we take something like any fiction, any holy book, and destroyed it, in a thousand years’ time, that wouldn’t come back just as it was. Whereas if we took every science book and every fact and destroyed them all, in a thousand years they’d all be back because all the same tests would be the same result. " - Ricky Gervais " I do the Golden Globes because they say I can say what I want. I wouldn’t have that at the Oscars. " - Ricky Gervais " I was very protective of my privacy. I didn’t want people to write bad things about me that weren’t true, because that’s just not fair. Fifty percent of everything written about me is wrong. " - Ricky Gervais " The only thing that really depresses me is animal cruelty. " - Ricky Gervais