Ricky Gervais only spends eight minutes a day working on TV scripts.

Ricky Gervais

Ricky Gervais

The 59-year-old comedy star - whose hits include 'The Office', 'Extras' and 'After Life' - has admitted he no longer agonises about scenes in his TV shows, revealing his short attention span only allows him to work for a few minutes at a time.

He told the Sunday Mirror newspaper: "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.

"And because I am writing it for me to direct it everything is a bit quicker."

Ricky thinks he's now reaping the benefits of his relaxed approach to work.

He said: "It has sort of been a revelation. I am very relaxed now about everything I do."

The stand-up star added: "Often my laziness has been mistaken for integrity."

Meanwhile, Ricky previously claimed the world would actually be a "better place" if the human species were to be completely wiped out.

The comedy star - who played David Brent in 'The Office' - also insisted that bees are more important than humans.

Ricky said: "We are part of nature - we are not above it - we are not in charge. We are not even the most important species.

"If we were wiped out tomorrow the world would be a better place ... it would go back and it would be perfect again."


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