Politicians Make Quotes by Armando Iannucci

The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.

— Armando Iannucci

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

— Armando Iannucci

As a gut thing, my next project is always the complete opposite of the thing I've just done. So if I've spent a lot…

— Armando Iannucci

I hate the idea of labels and saying you are member of one party or another and signing up to all sorts of policies…

— Armando Iannucci

I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical.

— Armando Iannucci

I always think you've just got to move on. If you keep wallowing in the thing that you've done for a while you get…

— Armando Iannucci

Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.

— Armando Iannucci

Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.

— Armando Iannucci

It almost seems like anyone who doesn't seem political in any way is at an advantage. It's almost like anti-politics. A stage where anyone…

— Armando Iannucci

The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.

— Armando Iannucci

My 11-year-old thinks I'm cool because he watches things I've made on YouTube.

— Armando Iannucci

The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

— Armando Iannucci

What's funny about that office is it's entirely dependent on how close you are to the president, because the president decides what your role…

— Armando Iannucci

I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed…

— Armando Iannucci

It's still very relevant to how politics works within government, but in terms of the way into politics for an outsider, no, I don't…

— Armando Iannucci