Ricky Gervais says he spends just EIGHT minutes a day writing scripts

‘I am very relaxed about everything I do’: Ricky Gervais reveals he spends just EIGHT minutes a day writing scripts… as the Afterlife creator admits his ‘attention span’ is short

He’s the award-winning creator, writer, producer and director of Netflix hit Afterlife.

And Ricky Gervais has told how he spends just eight minutes a day writing scripts as he admitted his ‘attention span’ isn’t long if he’s juggling many things at once. 

The actor, 59, added that reducing his workload to just a short time a day is a ‘revelation’ and added he is ‘very relaxed’ in everything he does.  

Keep it short: Ricky Gervais has told how he spends just eight minutes a day writing scripts as he admitted his ‘attention span’ isn’t long if he’s juggling many things at once

Speaking to The Mirror, he said: ‘I potter around, I have more than one thing on the go, so my attention span can be eight minutes at a time.

‘I look at it like this – if I am writing a script and I have got six months to write, I only have to come up with a couple of minutes a day. That couple of minutes on screen is an afternoon’s filming’

He adds that because he’s simply writing scripts for him to direct, things ‘a bit quicker’.  

The Office star, who has written season three of Afterlife, went on to add that his new found way of working was a ‘revelation’ and his now implements it in his everyday life. 

‘Revelation’: The actor, 59, added that reducing his workload to just a short time a day is a ‘revelation’ and added he is ‘very relaxed’ in everything he does

Ricky added: ‘It has sort of been a revelation. I am very relaxed now about everything I do.’

Ricky’s revelation comes after he revealed he was once invited to do a stand-up show in space but turned it down because he was too scared. 

The comedian would have been the first comedian to do a stand-up show in space, but said he did not want to ‘risk it’.

A doddle: ‘I potter around, I have more than one thing on the go, so my attention span can be eight minutes at a time’ (pictured at the Golden Globes in January 2020)

Insight: ‘I look at it like this – if I am writing a script and I have got six months to write, I only have to come up with a couple of minutes a day. That couple of minutes on screen is an afternoon’s filming’ (pictured on Afterlife)

Ricky was asked to perform a set on one of the first commercial trips into space but called the prospect ‘mad’, according to The Sun.

He insisted that he is ‘careful crossing the road’, continuing: ‘I was offered one of these things where you go up into space for 15 minutes. 

‘It was like a group of billionaires and they offered me the chance to be the first comedian to do a stand-up show in space. 

Frightened: Ricky’s revelation comes after he revealed he was once invited to do a stand-up show in space but turned it down because he was too scared

‘I went, “No. I’m not going to risk it”.’ 

Elsewhere, the star recently declared his posthumous desire is to be fed to the lions at London Zoo in order to ‘give something back’ to the animal community. 

But the organisation rejected his wish earlier this week because he would be ‘too gristly for them’. 

No thanks! The comedian who created, wrote, produced and directed Afterlife (pictured), would have been the first comedian to do a stand-up show in space, but said he did not want to ‘risk it’

The Chief Operating Officer of the zoo knocked back his kind offer and instead requested he send a cash donation to support the lions. 

Kathryn England, Chief Operating Officer of ZSL London Zoo said: ‘I suspect Ricky may be a bit gristly for our lions.

‘But we are struggling financially because of lockdown so if anyone wants to ‘give something back’ we welcome donations that will help us keep our lions fed on a more suitable diet.’ 

Turned down: Ricky’s wish to be fed to the lions at London Zoo after his death was been rejected by the organisation because he would be ‘too gristly’ for them

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