David Jason

I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me.

— David Jason

I don't think I would ever have taken on professional acting roles if I hadn't had the ability to fly. I had…

— David Jason

My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story and was given slightly to malapropisms.…

— David Jason

I'm a qualified Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemaster.

— David Jason

My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.

— David Jason

I enjoy life so much I don't want it to end, and dying does worry me. If you've got faith, you believe…

— David Jason

Classic comedy is classic comedy, and it will go on for years.

— David Jason

I can be intolerant.

— David Jason

It has taken a lot of persuasion for me to take part in an official documentary about 'Only Fools and Horses.' But,…

— David Jason

Don't get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in…

— David Jason

In 1977, while I was performing in a play in Cardiff, a friend introduced me to a striking redhead called Myfanwy Talog,…

— David Jason

I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo…

— David Jason

When I made my first decision, come hell or high water, that I would try to be a professional actor, I was…

— David Jason

It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us,…

— David Jason

Journalists are out to trap me with my underwear showing.

— David Jason

I was a very shy sort of person, and by acting different characters, I could immerse myself and make them do what,…

— David Jason

A show like the 'Only Fool and Horses' Christmas special got 24 million viewers, so practically everyone in the country was watching.…

— David Jason

For me, the making of a documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was an intensely personal journey.…

— David Jason

I rarely go out, and I am not interested in golf or anything like that.

— David Jason

I deliberately decided not to go on Twitter. I've read about how much stress it can cause. I don't think it's healthy.

— David Jason

I go with my wife Gill to the supermarket, but not often.

— David Jason

I was very shy and had low self-esteem; the only way to stop yourself getting beaten up was to turn your hand…

— David Jason

If I want to go out to a restaurant with some friends, I'm more than happy that we go in under the…

— David Jason

You can't make people enjoy what you're doing unless you're enjoying it yourself.

— David Jason

Ronnie Barker was a man whom I thought more deserving of a knighthood than me.

— David Jason