Cleese said that, despite his acting talent, his ability to script comedy is what has kept him in the business for nearly sixty years. He said: “I don’t think I had any idea how transitory most people’s careers are. I was surprised how blasé I was. But the whole point is that I wrote. I would never have been in this business had I not written. The strange fact about our business is that there are so many good actors out there, and so few good writers. Especially comedy. Comedy’s more difficult.”