John Cleese is "looking forward" to dying in five or six years.
The 74-year-old actor insists he is not going to start writing another film because he will pass away before he finishes the project but admits he will be in "excellent company" when he does finally meet his maker.
15 October 2014
When asked at the Cheltenham Literary Festival whether he will pen another movie, he replied: "No, because it is too much like hard work.
"It is two-and-three-quarter years and I am too old for that process. If I started on it now I would die.
"I have only got five or six years left and I will be gone - I won't have to worry about ISIS or Ebola, I am looking forward to it.
"Most of the best people are dead - I will be in excellent company having a wonderful time."
The comedian also admitted he and his fellow Monty Python stars - Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin - have never been "huge friends" and slammed Michael's travel documentaries, joking they send him to sleep.
He added: "Michael, as you know, makes those travel programmes that I put on any time I can't sleep.
"Eric Idle is very good at lyrics so he is writing songs. Terry Gilliam is off trying to raise money for one of his plotless extravaganzas.
"And Jonesy [Terry] is just insane - he writes children's books and recently went to Lisbon and directed an opera about vacuum cleaners."
The comedy troupe performed together for the final time in front of a 20,000-capacity crowd at London's The O2 in July.
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