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Gervais said that he and co-writer Stephen Merchant waited until they had an idea like forthcoming comedy drama Cemetery Junction, which is due for release next year.
Contactmusic quotes the star as saying: "I think there'd be a prejudice if I was in it. There are prejudices out there - it's because people leap too quickly. They get one hit on TV and they try to make a film and it's dreadful. It's advertised for a week and then goes straight to DVD.
"You want to go in at a higher level. We resisted this for ten, 11 years."
He added: "When The Office first came out we went round every film company and got offered a film deal. We took the card and said, 'We'll call you when we've got an idea'. We think we've done the film proud."
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