“I’d put trigger warnings on things, but I wouldn’t go back and change something [now] … Do I regret anything? No. Would I do things differently now? Probably.”
Gervais went on to insist much of British comedy is based around the concept of class, saying: “We are obsessed with it, and so we should be, I think.
“I’m much more aware of it now. I’m not working class any more, but I was ...
“People understand most power struggles – they understand why racism, homophobia and misogyny are wrong but they are very disparaging about the working classes. It’s the one thing that it seems to be fine to take the mickey out of with no blowback at all.”
Gervais added of his own work: “If you can draw on your own mannerisms, that’s easier than putting on a ridiculous French accent and wearing a silly wig, because I only deal in realism.
“I don’t do those heightened things. I don’t do surreal stuff. I don’t do fantastical stuff, I don’t do high-concept, I don’t do time travel.”
