A lot of my comedy is to do with being angry, then finding a way to channel that. — Julia Davis Angry Copy Share Image
I just try to put myself in the minds of all the characters. — Julia Davis Character Copy Share Image
People who know my track record know when I've got a vision in mind, I'll see it through. But sometimes it's hard… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
My grandfather was a vicar, and there was quite a lot of churchgoing when I was growing up. It's a world that… — Julia Davis Catholic Copy Share Image
I worked in a supermarket for a year; I worked in a finance department at a university, a pub, busking and singing.… — Julia Davis Finance Copy Share Image
I always imagine people give succinct answers. I have no prepared thoughts on what I do. — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I still think of things for 'Jill' all the time. It's annoying, because I want to be able to find another character… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I actually think I'm still quite childishly optimistic in a certain way, which is maybe why I find life quite shocking. — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I do use a laptop, but I'm very technophobic. I've never downloaded anything. I've never bought anything on Amazon. I'm really ridiculous.… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
My desktop is really chaotic, and I'm always trying to work out where I am going to put all these ideas. — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I think my dad has a similar black sense of humour to mine, so perhaps it's just an inherited thing. I've got… — Julia Davis Dad Copy Share Image
I'd love to do more 'Nighty Night,' but that's always down to commissions, really. It's weird as well because everyone's moved on.… — Julia Davis Love Copy Share Image
If I can laugh with people, it makes me feel safe with them. If I feel someone has no sense of humour,… — Julia Davis Comedy Copy Share Image
If I claim I'm the opposite of my characters, then it'll just sound awful. But I tend to write the sort of… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I sometimes write in a cafe down the road from my house now because I feel guilty trying to work if I… — Julia Davis Depressed Copy Share Image
I love all Daphne du Maurier's stuff. And just enjoying period dramas, really... wanting to do something drastically different from 'Nighty Night',… — Julia Davis Chance Copy Share Image
The main thing is to believe writers know what their voices are, and if they are left alone, they will come through… — Julia Davis Alone Copy Share Image
People could write stuff that's really offensive, but if it's written within a believable world that has a tone to it, then… — Julia Davis Funny Copy Share Image
'Robin's Test' is more contemporary than what I normally do. It's about couples going on a camping holiday for a 50th birthday.… — Julia Davis Birthday Copy Share Image
As a child, I just found a lot of things quite difficult. I found school quite overwhelming. There were just too many… — Julia Davis Bullying Copy Share Image
I can't just lie in bed and be self-obsessed if there are two children running about who could easily fall down the… — Julia Davis Children Copy Share Image
I love the spiritual side of religion, but the church, for me, is a place where I feel very repressed. — Julia Davis Church Copy Share Image
I think most people, including me, like to read gossipy things about others: revealing things that I love to read but I… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
With 'Nighty Night' series one, Oprah Winfrey's channel took it on, so she must have liked it. — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I'm sure all parents think their kids are funny, and I'm sure a lot of kids are, whether their parents are comics… — Julia Davis Comic Copy Share Image
I watch a lot of U.S. comedy, shows such as 'Eastbound & Down' and 'Veep.' I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her character… — Julia Davis Character Copy Share Image
People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not… — Julia Davis Comedy Copy Share Image
I'd love to find a lifelong female film editor as Scorsese has with Thelma Schoonmaker. I think women are probably, without generalising,… — Julia Davis Female Copy Share Image
I just find it funny and terrible: someone being very rude and overbearing over somebody who doesn't know how to deal with… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I was brought up in Guildford, and I think I used to absorb all the suburban things - seeing coffee mornings, women… — Julia Davis Coffee Copy Share Image
To me, if something makes you laugh, that's heart-warming. It doesn't necessarily have to be friendly; it might just be the weirdest… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I love watching programmes about food. I always think, 'When I'm old, I'll take up baking.' There's something calming about watching the… — Julia Davis Baking Copy Share Image
I think, in comedy, you only hit about one or two great characters in your career. Sometimes my character will be just… — Julia Davis Character Copy Share Image
I think I am generally prone to exaggerating characters, taking them to a ridiculous extent. But you do also meet those people… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
I'm quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored,… — Julia Davis Communication Copy Share Image
That is one thing I really hate about working in TV - you have to shape episodes to exact time-lengths, do like… — Julia Davis Hate Copy Share Image
You have to be enough of a parent - you have to be there. If I'm feeling bad, I really do just… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
