Without sounding defensive, I would say that sometimes TV critics assume that after a few episodes the writers 'finally understand the characters,' and as a writer I often feel that what really has happened is that the viewer has gotten… — 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
I'm in the game of realism so happy endings probably feel a little bit too neat for life. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
Unlike many hour-long scripted American dramas, 'Succession' has very few standing sets. — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share
As a private individual, it's probably not worth having a foreign policy of your own at all. Not unless you own at least a… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share
Why do I bother having all my stupid opinions? I mean, really, my ever evolving Balkan policy of the mid-1990s - what did I… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share
There's an underlying sense that your family should accord you a greater level of safety in your interactions with them. When that's violated, it's… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share
