After leaving school, I worked as an electrician before becoming an actor. — David Jason Copy Share Image
I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom. — David Jason Copy Share Image
I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me. — David Jason Copy Share Image
I don't think I would ever have taken on professional acting roles if I hadn't had the ability to fly. I had quite low… — David Jason Copy Share Image
My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story and was given slightly to malapropisms. And she… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I'm a qualified Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemaster. — David Jason Copy Share Image
My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles. — David Jason Copy Share Image
I enjoy life so much I don't want it to end, and dying does worry me. If you've got faith, you believe that you're… — David Jason Copy Share Image
It has taken a lot of persuasion for me to take part in an official documentary about 'Only Fools and Horses.' But, as time… — David Jason Copy Share Image
Don't get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in the television… — David Jason Copy Share Image
In 1977, while I was performing in a play in Cardiff, a friend introduced me to a striking redhead called Myfanwy Talog, famed for… — David Jason Copy Share Image
I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo gave rise… — David Jason Copy Share Image
