Ricky Gervais: On Fame. On Sunday, 19 February, HBO will start airing my third sitcom. It's called Life's Too Short. It's a return to the fake documentary format like The Office. But if The Office reflected those quaint docu-soaps of the 90s that followed ordinary people having their 15 minutes, Life's Too Short reflects the more modern age -- desperate, fame-hungry monsters who will do anything just to be on the telly. You know, so-called role models living their lives like open wounds to accumulate column inches, so they can then get some ghost-writer to spread those inches over several "autobiographies" to cash in on their infidelity, drug abuse, life of crime and personal tragedy. I've always been fascinated by the subject of fame. I guess I always wanted to be eminent. I never tried to be famous. I was willing to be the center of attention in a small group of friends for saying something funny. I used to be the laziest, least ambitious person I knew.
I suppose I was cursed with some early success. Current UK: News Video Clips & Current News Articles // Current. Reality Bites Back Book. "Miss Representation": Official Trailer. Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe S5E2P1. Killing Us Softly 4 (2010) - 1/2. Fug Madness 2012 Play-In Game: Kourtney vs Kim vs Khloe Kim – Go Fug Yourself.