Have you drawn a line under him?

No more Mr. Bean?

I, uh, I, you know, I doubt that he will reappear, but, um, but you never know, you must never...

The people have spoken!

Yeah, quite, quite, uh, they, but you know, you must never say never again, a film, as Jeff mentioned that I was in, uh, so you must never say never, but I, you know, there does come a point when you feel as though you've done most of what you want to do with him. And because it's not based on language, because it's so physical, Mr. Bean, presumably it's popular everywhere.

Um, yeah, it is, it has what we might call a global outreach. So, like, are holidays a misery?

Can you go anywhere?

Uh, yeah, I can't go to many places where you're not recognized, um, uh, and it's the, um, the thing I find most tricky is when people don't recognize you particularly, but half recognize you, you know, it's that strange thing where they go... Of course, that means they stare, they stare a lot, and they just look.

You're sort of feeling, I wish that person wouldn't stare at me, so, you know, I'd rather just, you know, hold up a flag saying, yes, yes, that's me. Um, a few years ago, there was, um, I was in a Land Rover parts department near Peterborough, the kind of place you find me on most Sundays, and we're waiting for car parts, and car parts, guys hang around a lot, because, you know, to get a part, the guy has to go half a mile to the back of the warehouse, and then come back again, and he brings it back, and he says, this is, this is a left-hand one, oh, you wanted a right-hand one, sorry, I'll go.

And it takes forever. Anyway, I was standing around with a group of guys, and I could see this guy doing that.

LAUGHTER And he came up to me after a while, and he said, excuse me, has anyone ever told you that you're the absolute spitting image of that Mr Bean?

LAUGHTER And I said, well, actually, I am the actor who plays Mr Bean.

And he said, I...

LAUGHTER I bet you wish you were.

LAUGHTER And I followed this bizarre conversation, in which the more I tried to claim that I was the person whom he thought I merely resembled, the less he believed me.

LAUGHTER So he, but what was funny was how, was how close he thought I was to, to, you know, he said, the resemblance is uncanny.

LAUGHTER Have you ever thought of doing any, you know, look-alike work, like, you know, Stag Nights and Head Nights?

You know, you could go along as Mr Bean.

LAUGHTER And I said, no, I haven't.

He said, cos you could make an absolute fortune.

LAUGHTER And I could tell after a while, I had to bring the conversation to a close, because not only was he not believing me, but he was getting quite annoyed...

LAUGHTER ..that I was pursuing this line of, I am Rowan Atkinson, when, and clearly he thought I was this total arse.

LAUGHTER Just cos I happened to look a bit like Mr Bean.

Goes round the country, actually claiming to be Mr Bean.

LAUGHTER What a twat!

LAUGHTER APPLAUSE