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Graham Linehan

(1968) Film Director Ireland

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Graham Linehan is a film director from Ireland, best known for The Ladykillers.

Quick Facts About Graham Linehan

Born: May 22, 1968
Nationality: Ireland
Profession: Film Director
Notable works: The Ladykillers
Spouse: Q23675931

About Graham Linehan

Graham George Linehan is an Irish comedy writer and anti-transgender activist. He created or co-created the sitcoms Father Ted (1995–1998), Black Books (2000–2004), The IT Crowd (2006–2013), and Count Arthur Strong (2013–2017), and has contributed to other comedy shows, including The Fast Show, The Day Today, and Brass Eye. During the 1990s, his writing partner was Arthur Mathews, with whom he created Father Ted.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Graham Linehan

I think all technology should be plug and play. I would say it's easier to set up a blog than it is…

Change

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I'm not really good at character or plot development. I'm just interested in big comedic moments.

Big

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People are very confused about how to do things on a computer, but generally, if you hover your cursor over things, it…

Computers

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The nepotism there is the stuff of legend... It just seems to be a place where people get paid to sit in…

Building

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I think films would get a lot better if people paid leaving the cinema. There's a whole business plan of opening terrible…

Business

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Of course, I'm not saying that news interviews can't be adversarial. Sometimes, you have to be nasty Columbo or we'd never get…

Nasty

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If you're a good writer, you don't have everybody shouting in every scene.

Everybody

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I feel that shows like 'Ted' and 'The IT Crowd' are very much more enjoyable watching with friends around a telly.

Around

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Part of the job involves thinking about things and eliminating them. You spend a lot of time coming up with ideas that…

Hating

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Conflict is entertaining and it's the stuff of drama - or comedy - but too much conflict, or conflict that's at too…

Annoying

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I'm not very good in the mornings and often stay up late writing, so I get up at about 10am if I'm…

Dog

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I get contacted daily by people in America saying is there any legal way to download 'The IT Crowd', but the whole…

America

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There is no 'magic water' that you can rub on a script to make the jokes funnier.

Jokes

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We're no good at holidays, the wife and I. We just don't have the knack. We had one good one, early on,…

Early

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I'm pretty sure that Murdoch loathes the Internet

Internet

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So I don't think that the default mode of aggressive interviewing is useful, because politicians just build a defence against it. In…

Aggressive

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I'm a luddite in comparison with some of the people I follow on Twitter, but a nerd in comparison with many people.…

Always

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I used to be a film and music journalist, and wrote for different magazines in the 1990s. I still love music, but…

Cinema

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I love Larry David's take on things in 'Seinfeld', which is that you shouldn't try to help people because it'll always put…

Help

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The thing that changed everything for me was the Firefox browser. I was pretty bad when it came to computers - I…

Bad

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“Hello, IT... Have you tried turning it off and on again?... OK, well, the button on the side. Is it glowing?... Yeah,…

Humour

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I like working with people who respect the intelligence of their audience.

Audience

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I've always been an enormous fan of comic books and anything that captures the real in a surreal environment.

Always

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There are producers, like the late Geoffrey Perkins, who have truly great ideas that will fire up your synapses and show you…

Beautiful

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Father Ted' would be impossible to remake it in America. The whole situation of being Irish and being a priest in Ireland…

America

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