Jamie Demetriou

I love scripts.

— Jamie Demetriou

Even with a character you dislike, you should sympathise.

— Jamie Demetriou

There are things about 'The Afterparty' that are universal.

— Jamie Demetriou

Mare of Easttown' knocked my socks off.

— Jamie Demetriou

I just find estate agents very funny.

— Jamie Demetriou

Manchester has a wonderful vibe and I really like Oxford.

— Jamie Demetriou

You have to focus on doing the best job you can do.

— Jamie Demetriou

I'm often confronted with people being like, 'Ahhh, drama is killing comedy.' It's not, it's a different genre.

— Jamie Demetriou

Stath will definitely love his child. But he will also definitely be a horrendous father.

— Jamie Demetriou

I think with the best characters, you want to see them go on a journey, Partridge being the best example of that.

— Jamie Demetriou

My focus is exclusively on making something that feels funny.

— Jamie Demetriou

I could develop a brand called B, for men with big bums - I'd go on 'Dragons' Den' and give them my…

— Jamie Demetriou

I'd like to design clothes, even just for myself, because my shape doesn't always lend itself to the things I like.

— Jamie Demetriou

I have 'Popstars' on DVD, and me and my sisters and my friends watch it religiously.

— Jamie Demetriou

Phoebe Waller-Bridge has an insane grasp of the human condition.

— Jamie Demetriou

There is a duality with Stath, which is that he probably wishes he was an English gentleman deep down - but he…

— Jamie Demetriou

I gave myself an anxiety stomach ulcer at 12. The rollercoaster of doing word searches, playing and having a backpack too big…

— Jamie Demetriou

I heard a song once that said: 'You say it best when you say nothing at all.' It taught me that whenever…

— Jamie Demetriou

I'm trying to manufacture slapstick in my own flat by leaving things out to trip up over, on the off-chance I can…

— Jamie Demetriou

When I was starting out I did vox pops for a late-night TV show. I went to interview this guy, and before…

— Jamie Demetriou

I worry that because Stath is such an asexual innocent, it really does appeal to five-year-olds. He says silly things like, 'Oh…

— Jamie Demetriou

Brined stuff is my guilty pleasure. I'd let the rest of the world go without gherkins if it meant I could have…

— Jamie Demetriou

I once had to leave a restaurant to get some air because a family friend sent his compliments to the chef about…

— Jamie Demetriou

I remember knowing it was a bad idea, but I loved the Spice Girls and I kinda confused that love for wanting…

— Jamie Demetriou

With winning the Baftas - with the writing one in particular - it was like, 'What? Writing? I'm not a writer. I…

— Jamie Demetriou

I don't like the idea of a sitcom about a lettings agency, I really don't. But then I once made a short…

— Jamie Demetriou

There's a big culture I think that kicked off with reality TV and the Brit-pop '90s in the U.K. of people being…

— Jamie Demetriou

I used to get so tense at school that my pencils would break on the page. I'd get very, very worried about…

— Jamie Demetriou

There is nothing I find funnier in the world than people smelling really badly. So my dream is an hour a week…

— Jamie Demetriou

We were watching TV one day and a George Michael music video came on and dad tutted and said 'Oh, he was…

— Jamie Demetriou

On a date there are opportunities to say so many wicked and interesting things - 'Some of the singers on X Factor…

— Jamie Demetriou

I have been defined by my disinterest in football my whole life.

— Jamie Demetriou

I've always said that I don't necessarily feel stereotypically Greek.

— Jamie Demetriou

On my first ever date I went to the Odeon Barnet to go and see 'The Others' with Nicole Kidman.

— Jamie Demetriou

Deep down I think I'm operating on a lower level than most people, based on my education, shoulder chip, blah, blah.

— Jamie Demetriou

My memory of high school is people telling me that I'd miss it when it's gone.

— Jamie Demetriou

I grew up on 'The Timewaster Letters' and 'Look Around You.'

— Jamie Demetriou

The opposite of sports is comedy, I guess, in a lot of ways.

— Jamie Demetriou

I learned from doing live shows that I could use physicality to bandage moments that weren't working very well.

— Jamie Demetriou

My dad used to give me a tenner to come and work at his greasy spoon cafe when I was 11.

— Jamie Demetriou