Ricky Gervais Interview

ArtsBeat at the NYTimes has a three-part interview up with Ricky Gervais:

• Winning Oscars and Demolishing Celebrities
• Winning Audiences and Demolishing World Leaders
• Directing Movies but Still Preferring Television

First question:

Q: Has Kate Winslet thanked you yet for providing her, on “Extras,” with the strategy that finally won her an Academy Award?

A: I’m sure she didn’t have that in mind. She’ll never live that down now. In her next film, she’s playing a deaf, dumb and blind girl. That’s not true. That’s libelous.