Ricky Gervais Compares Trump to His ‘Office’ Character David Brent

"He's a narcissist man child who wants to be famous and loved."

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00:00You know what I mean? He's not trying to harm people.

00:02No, I've often said that Trump has more in common with David Brent than he has JFK

00:06because he's a sort of a narcissist man-child who wants to be famous and loved.

00:12And that's him deep down, whatever else he does and whatever his...

00:15I mean, I don't even know his policies, you know.

00:19But I suppose I always look at...

00:23I think it's about character, you know.

00:28Go ahead.

00:30Well, I think that in comedy and in fiction, any fiction,

00:38we create our own heroes and villains as role play for the soul

00:42so no one really gets hurt, do you know what I mean?

00:45Whereas in real life, people do get hurt, so it's very different.

00:49When you talk about politics and it's really meaningful,

00:56it's hard to be sort of funny.

00:57Because, you know what I mean?

00:59It's just on the nose.

01:02There's right and wrong in sort of politics.

01:05Whereas in comedy, there isn't.

01:07Is it a good joke or not?

01:09I got a good joke about it.

01:10I don't know what you're saying.

01:10I can definitely go along with some wild stories.

01:13Well, give me some many fun things.

01:14So surfaces and things to make sure we can relate to our society

01:15and make sure there's any encontramos and cut down.

01:16There's like something that goes to dicht.

01:17And there's like the moreination of a person on the nose.