From Variety
A surprise winner of this year's comedy actor trophy for HBO's "Extras," Gervais beat out Steve Carell -- American-version star of the U.K.-native multihyphenate's biggest creation, "The Office." "A few hours after the (Emmys), I turned my phone on and there were messages from my agent, 'You won! You won!' I still feel very flattered to be accepted in America. I was brought up on American TV."
In the second season of "Extras," which Gervais co-created with Stephen Merchant, his character, struggling thesp Andy Millman, finally gets his own sitcom but is pressured into dumbing it down and including catchphrases.
On the bigscreen, having appeared last year in the Fox hit "Night at the Museum," Gervais is set to star as a misanthropic dentist in "Ghost Town" and will write, direct and star in "This Side of the Truth," about a guy who lives in a world in which no one ever lies. This year Gervais also had a 100-date U.K. standup tour (the reason he couldn't make the Emmys), and he continued to create his popular podcast.
Point of view
"In England I'm one step below the queen. But here (in the U.S.), I'm probably number 49 on this list," Gervais quips.
I've never been to San Francisco, but I have heard a lot of good things about it. Guess you want to uasent Gavin, huh lol! As far as L.A. goes, I went there in 1995. Perhaps this is me but my experience there wasn't the most pleasant. I drove through a riot this was during the O.J. hearing, and the general vibe I got out of it was just plain crazy! I had felt down about NYC and wanted out of here SOOOO bad. After visiting L.A., it changed my mind about NYC for the BETTER!If I do go back to Southern California, I'll stick to DisneyWorld and San Diego (which I've also heard good things about). NEVER L.A.
Posted by: Suman | Monday, April 23, 2012 at 05:55 PM