You can't control how things that you're involved with are received. But 'The Thick of It' wasn't intended as an instruction manual. Writers like hearing how bits of this stuff have got out into the world - but it was… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
I suppose terrible things happen in the world all the time and some of them we feel a particular connection to and some of them we don't. — 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
