Do British people like Ricky Gervais?

Even tamer badinage in this country can, to a foreign ear, sound like enmity. The moment the ice is truly broken between two newly acquainted Britons is when one teases the other about something. read more

All British people do not have the same sense of humour, which explains the co-existence of Mrs Brown's Boys, The Thick Of It, Monty Python and Keith Lemon. However what most of us do share is a fundamental distrust of people who take themselves too seriously. read more

Gervais has also starred in films such as Ghost Town and The Invention of Lying. He was named to the TIME 100 in 2010 and has won numerous awards including seven BAFTA awards, two Emmys and three Golden Globes. read more

If you see Ricky Gervais making fun of short people, that is because he is short. What he is doing is called “self-deprecating comedy” which is a type of comedy that many comedic actors engage in and a type of comedy that has a big audience. read more