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Mel Smith [1952-0] British

Rank: 108
Actor, Comedian

Melvin Kenneth "Mel" Smith was an English comedian, writer, film director, producer and actor.
Smith worked on the sketch comedy shows Not the Nine O'Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones along with his comedy partner Griff Rhys Jones.

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It's a pragmatist's business, comedy. Start off with good intentions and references to the Pompidou Centre and you end up with boiled sweets and a pantomime cow.	Business	101
But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.		102
How do we get a pantomime cow on set. Jeez, the rigours of satire.		103
I never met Barbara Cartland. But now that I'm working on her life, I wish I had. I think there was a lot of pathos in it and I'm intrigued by her.		104
I directed before I was even in television; I directed in the theatre for seven years, so that was my trade anyway. But in the UK, I've given up any hope of being considered a director.		105
I don't think London has been given enough credit in a lot of the movies that we make here.		106
In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done.		107

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