Happy Birthday: Eric Idle

Eric Idle

Born: March 29, 1943 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Married to:
Tania Kosevich (22 May 1981 – present) (1 child)
Lyn Ashley (7 July 1969 – 1978) (divorced) (1 child)

The secret of a good marriage is separate rooms. I’ve been with my current wife for 33 years and I can tell you that it works. I don’t mean not having sex – you can shag anywhere. I think Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own applies to all human beings at all stages.

The dreadful thing about getting older is you cry at the drop of a hat. I used to make fun of Richard Attenborough for crying. Now I’m turning into him. I can’t remember anybody’s names, so I call everybody “darling” and I cry all the time.

I can be very angry and acerbic. Therapy is really useful. It gives me a triangulation on myself: “I was this asshole the other day; why did I do that?”

I like being a foreigner. For me to live in California is very pleasant – I’m more comfortable not feeling a part of everything, not feeling responsible for the government or the roads or the health system.

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