speaks candidly about mental health in a new interview

'I try to be fun all the time!' Ricky Gervais, 57, says he's avoided the depression that plagues many high-profile comedians as he declares that 'life is exciting, short and finite'

By Andrew Court For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 15:10 GMT, 9 March 2019 | Updated: 15:10 GMT, 9 March 2019

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He plays a suicidal newspaper reporter in his dark new Netflix series After Life. 

But Ricky Gervais has a much sunnier disposition away from the camera. 

Speaking with The Daily Telegraph on Sunday, the 57-year-old revealed he's avoided the depression that plagues many comedians, saying: 'I think I'm pretty happy, [and] I try to be fun all the time'.

'I try to be fun all the time!' In an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Sunday, Ricky Gervais, spoke candidly about mental health and declared that 'life is exciting, short and finite'

'I try to be fun all the time!' In an interview with The Daily Telegraph on Sunday, Ricky Gervais, spoke candidly about mental health and declared that 'life is exciting, short and finite'

Ricky further told the publication: 'I'm not depressed...  I think from an early age I thought the point of life was to have fun every minute of the day... To me, life is exciting, short, finite.'

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