Armando Iannucci Quotes

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• The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.
• Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.
• Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.
• I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make…
• I assume everyone around me is older because they look more responsible.
• I briefly thought of becoming a priest but quickly saw that would be ridiculous.
• I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical.
• When I started off, I always used to do parodies and impressions, mimicking people... and then institutions. You become aware that some institutions have their…
• The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.
• The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.
• Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness of what the…
• There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more…
• Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.

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