I was the tough guy who never showed any emotion and dealt with nothing. — Jay Blades Emotion Copy Share Image
What people like me need is not a father figure, but a role model. — Jay Blades Father Copy Share Image
I am heavily dyslexic and if they send me a script I can't read it. They tell me who is coming on… — Jay Blades Coming Copy Share Image
My reading skills are improving but I'm still using coping strategies. I can read signs and I can work things out. — Jay Blades Coping Copy Share Image
Me and my brother were always making and repairing things - what people call upcycling now. — Jay Blades Always Copy Share Image
I went to a predominantly white secondary school and experienced a lot of hate and racism. — Jay Blades Experienced Copy Share Image
I want craft to be accessible to everybody, from the poor side of town to the rich side of town, so everybody… — Jay Blades Access Copy Share Image
If you think of 'The Repair Shop,' we're filming almost about nine months of the year. — Jay Blades About Copy Share Image
I think I knew three couples that were together. I don't remember seeing too many men in my estate. — Jay Blades I think Copy Share Image
I didn't really know my dad much but I didn't feel I was missing out because there were a lot of single… — Jay Blades Dad Copy Share Image
If you know certain places are not necessarily for you, why don't you create your own place? I often say to people… — Jay Blades Create Copy Share Image
I had my first child, split up with the missus, and moved back to London, then I ended up homeless and went… — Jay Blades Back Copy Share Image
I used to think of Hackney in a really good light, now it's too much linked to slavery, too much. And then… — Jay Blades Disgusted Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that I have this tendency to remember stuff really, really well, which is quite weird, even though I… — Jay Blades Funny Copy Share Image
One of the people I lived with was a bit naughty and would steal our food. You would see him with the… — Jay Blades Food Copy Share Image
A lot of the people that I spoke to, we are all stars in Hackney, and when it is our time to… — Jay Blades I am Copy Share Image
I lived for quite a long time being this macho man, and not really embracing that emotional side. You don't know how… — Jay Blades Being Copy Share Image
Once I got a letter from a doctor and I had to go out into the street and ask someone what it… — Jay Blades Doctor Copy Share Image
Secondary school was a bit naughty for me. The class I was in was called 'L' for learners but was known as… — Jay Blades Chemistry Copy Share Image
I can't say what she did was bad, because she did the best she could, but Mum's input was more to do… — Jay Blades Best Copy Share Image
I always suffered heartbreak because I fell in love all the time. — Jay Blades Always Copy Share Image
Dyslexia is a hidden disability. Not many people take it seriously. — Jay Blades Disability Copy Share Image
I didn't like school for a number of reasons. I was bullied and there was a lot of racism, and there's a… — Jay Blades Bullied Copy Share Image
If you're not making something that can be repaired, why are you making it? It's just going to go to landfill. — Jay Blades Go Copy Share Image
It's nice when people like me and all that kind of stuff, but it's still quite uncomfortable. — Jay Blades Kind Copy Share Image
At one stage, I hated the police with a passion, because of how they treated me, how they treated my friends. — Jay Blades Friends Copy Share Image
We can't keep throwing stuff away at this alarming rate, thinking this planet is indestructible. — Jay Blades Alarming Copy Share Image
I never remember any police officer being brought around our area to do good, to investigate a crime, to sort something out. — Jay Blades Good Copy Share Image
Growing up on a council estate in Hackney, you didn't show emotion or vulnerability. — Jay Blades Growing up Copy Share Image
