Sitcom characters, my writing partner Sam Bain and I sometimes tell each other, are not normally self-conscious. Or not quite. The best sitcom characters are probably just a little self-conscious. Deep enough to feel pain and humiliation, but shallow enough… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
You've got to trust the audience, and hopefully if you do interesting work you'll get an audience that are interested and engaged. But if… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I'm in the game of realism so happy endings probably feel a little bit too neat for life. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
Because Oswestry is very much an Anglo-Welsh mix it can lead you to feeling a bit bipolar sometimes. I mean, you're in England but… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
There are lots of great characters in fiction who viewers and readers have engaged with that behave badly. Great characters can be unfaithful. They… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
The writers' room is an open forum where anything mad or weird that aggressively shakes up the show can be suggested and considered. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I do think it's really tough being super-rich, really hard-working and wanting to get some sort of immortality by passing on the organisation to… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
Most of us now have opinions on such things as road tolling, the U.S. position on climate change, and the correct colour of a… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
Unlike many hour-long scripted American dramas, 'Succession' has very few standing sets. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
