David Jason

I was not driven by fame and fortune.

— David Jason

Some actors retire, and some don't.

— David Jason

I can be intolerant.

— David Jason

All my work's been disguise, really: hiding behind the character.

— David Jason

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

— David Jason

I won't let my daughter watch 'EastEnders.'

— David Jason

One of the things I learned was that I really enjoyed stunt-car driving.

— David Jason

I shall act until I drop. I just want to keep doing it and making it fun.

— David Jason

People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.

— David Jason

While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.

— David Jason

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

— David Jason

I grew up in London, a city devastated by the bombing. I am, you might say, a Blitz Baby.

— David Jason

I'm an actor, and so of course I want to see TV companies making good dramas. I want that to be a…

— David Jason

My father, Arthur, was a fishmonger, first at Billingsgate market and later in Camden Town and Golders Green.

— 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

Anybody who wants to make television has a tremendous problem because it's a financially restrictive media in this day and age.

— David Jason

My desperation to be on the stage and perform was like a vocation, a religious calling.

— David Jason

Working with Ronnie Barker was always a joy and were without doubt some of the best years of my career

— 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

My life has been in reverse. It wasn't fame, and it wasn't money, but I always wanted to succeed. The only way…

— 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

There are certain values that, in my opinion, television has lost - various moral lines. How far you go in, say, revealing…

— David Jason

I don't watch 'The X Factor' any more. Why do I want to see someone say the same old thing - it's…

— 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

We have more and more rules coming out of Europe telling us what to do, and I think people are getting a…

— David Jason

Good parts just don't fall off trees. I try to be very careful about what sort of projects I attack. There's an…

— 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

Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound…

— David Jason

Despite offers, I have never felt the urge to try to make it in Hollywood.

— David Jason

I started at the Incognito Theatre as an amateur.

— David Jason

I always say it is not the arrival; it is the journey.

— David Jason

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

— David Jason

After leaving school, I worked as an electrician before becoming an actor.

— David Jason

I was never good academically. It was mainly my own fault.

— David Jason

John Sullivan's scripts were always very funny, and cast and crew got on well.

— David Jason

Journalists are out to trap me with my underwear showing.

— David Jason

Being an actor is like being a monk: you have got to be dedicated.

— David Jason

I needed to be an actor more than anything.

— David Jason

Comedy is a funny business, which you have to take seriously.

— David Jason

The ups and downs are part of what has made you.

— David Jason