Ricky Gervais: People going, "No, it should be played by a real disabled creature." They're going, "The actor should have the same disability as the person they're portraying." But it was the life story of Stephen Hawking, right? So for the first part of the file, the cunt could walk, right? So I put it to you, what is easier? Getting an actor who can walk, pretend he can't for the last bit of the film, or get an actor who can't walk, pretend he can for the first bit? How would that even fucking work? Puppetry? Think!
Ricky Gervais: What if they did a biopic of Helen Keller, the deaf, dumb, and blind girl? What's the chance of finding a deaf, dumb, and blind actress to play that role? And if you did, you'd go running to the director. "We found a deaf, dumb, and blind girl." "What did she say?" "N-- I... " "She didn't even answer the fucking phone."