I think, in comedy, you only hit about one or two great characters in your career. Sometimes my character will be just a sketch... what is the funniest situation to put this person in? — Julia Davis 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 with something. There are a load of brilliant U.S. comedies: at the moment, I'm loving 'Girls.' People say… — Julia Davis 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 in real… — 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 recipe and… — Julia Davis 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 who I… — 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 or not. — 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 quite tactful, actually. I worry about whether people are all right. With my friends, obviously, conversations are quite free and uncensored, but I… — Julia Davis 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, sensitive to… — 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 talking... that… — Julia Davis 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 don't really… — 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
My grandfather was a vicar, and there was quite a lot of churchgoing when I was growing up. It's a world that I spent… — Julia Davis 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 it can… — Julia Davis 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 Copy Share Image
