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# Jesse Armstrong

(1970)   Journalist

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Jesse Armstrong is a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Jesse Armstrong

Born December 13, 1970

Profession Journalist

## About Jesse Armstrong

Jesse David Armstrong is an English screenwriter and producer who writes British comedy series and satirical dramas. He has won two British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

##  Quotes by Jesse Armstrong · Page 2

> [It doesn't worry me, the idea of coming up with new stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/it-doesn-t-worry-me-the-idea-of-coming-up-with-new-stuff/)

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[Coming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming/)

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> [There's that saying: 'No man is a hero to his valet.' It's the same between flatmates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/there-s-that-saying-no-man-is-a-hero-to-his-valet-it-s-the-same/)

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[Between](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/between/)

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> [Almost anyone can give me the willies. Man or woman, Asian, black or white, young or old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/almost-anyone-can-give-me-the-willies-man-or-woman-asian-black-or/)

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[Asian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asian/)

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> [When you're a nerd, you know there's a million types of neurotic self-loathing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/when-you-re-a-nerd-you-know-there-s-a-million-types-of-neurotic-self/)

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[Know](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/know/)

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> [I guess I'm interested in politics - I'm interested in ideas and ideology.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-guess-i-m-interested-in-politics-i-m-interested-in-ideas-and/)

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[Guess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guess/)

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> [I read about lots of media moguls: Sumner Redstone, Conrad Black, Robert Maxwell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-read-about-lots-of-media-moguls-sumner-redstone-conrad-black-robert/)

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[About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/)

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> [If you're making a satirical show and you're aiming to change something, I'd say you're on a fool's errand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/if-you-re-making-a-satirical-show-and-you-re-aiming-to-change/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [We read the financial papers and there's a ton of tech and media mergers and acquisitions we're likely to take inspiration from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/we-read-the-financial-papers-and-there-s-a-ton-of-tech-and-media/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Acquisitions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acquisitions/)

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> [Red Alert' is a gripping cold war bomber-command procedural. But read now, you can see 'Dr Strangelove' - the film which took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/red-alert-is-a-gripping-cold-war-bomber-command-procedural-but-read/)

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[Cold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a0/jesse-armstrong-5759_cold_red-alert-is-a-gripping-cold-war-bomber_788221.jpg)

> [For people who come from powerful families, there is nothing in life quite as interesting as being at court.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/for-people-who-come-from-powerful-families-there-is-nothing-in-life/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[Court](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/court/)

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> [All powerful people make foolish decisions and end up in humiliating and embarrassing situations, as well as wielding their power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/all-powerful-people-make-foolish-decisions-and-end-up-in-humiliating/)

[Jesse Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-armstrong/)

[End](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end/)

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> [Character is key. Once you've got that voice going, everything else can follow. If you've also got the right tone, you're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/character-is-key-once-you-ve-got-that-voice-going-everything-else-can/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [We always knew that we could write what it's like to be men together, bickering, but also having this fondness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/we-always-knew-that-we-could-write-what-it-s-like-to-be-men-together/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [Everyone has tacit levels of trust, don't we? In every interaction that takes place in our professional and personal lives we have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/everyone-has-tacit-levels-of-trust-don-t-we-in-every-interaction-that/)

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[Boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundaries/)

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> [In my own experience with films, books, plays, TV, I don't want somebody telling me what it means, because I think I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/in-my-own-experience-with-films-books-plays-tv-i-don-t-want-somebody/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [I do think it's really tough being super-rich, really hard-working and wanting to get some sort of immortality by passing on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-do-think-it-s-really-tough-being-super-rich-really-hard-working-and/)

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[Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/)

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> [I started reading about media moguls in general, and Sumner Redstone and Rupert Murdoch both made the same joke: they both were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-started-reading-about-media-moguls-in-general-and-sumner-redstone/)

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[Day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/day/)

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> [Wimbledon fortnight is always a testing time for the home worker. I spend most of it on the phone to my writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/wimbledon-fortnight-is-always-a-testing-time-for-the-home-worker-i/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [Most of us now have opinions on such things as road tolling, the U.S. position on climate change, and the correct colour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/most-of-us-now-have-opinions-on-such-things-as-road-tolling-the-u-s/)

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[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

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> [As a private individual, it's probably not worth having a foreign policy of your own at all. Not unless you own at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/as-a-private-individual-it-s-probably-not-worth-having-a-foreign/)

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[Boat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boat/)

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> [Standups always like the room cold, and if you're shooting a sitcom live you want it a little bit chilly for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/standups-always-like-the-room-cold-and-if-you-re-shooting-a-sitcom/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [One of the things that strikes me when I've read about these families - whether it be the Maxwells or the Redstones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/one-of-the-things-that-strikes-me-when-i-ve-read-about-these-families/)

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[Complicated](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/complicated/)

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> [I never got to see inside No 10, but I did once go to Ann Widdecombe's ministerial office under the Commons where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-never-got-to-see-inside-no-10-but-i-did-once-go-to-ann-widdecombe-s/)

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[Diet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diet/)

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> [A lot of research went into 'Succession.' I wrote the pilot solo, so there was a good deal of my own research…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/a-lot-of-research-went-into-succession-i-wrote-the-pilot-solo-so/)

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[Experience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/experience/)

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> [As a writer you often watch things with a certain distance.. More often, you're worried that something that you have invented is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/as-a-writer-you-often-watch-things-with-a-certain-distance-more-often/)

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[Copied](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/copied/)

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> [Roy Chubby Brown's offensive material is disgusting to me, an offensive beating-down of people who have already been beaten down plenty, culturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/roy-chubby-brown-s-offensive-material-is-disgusting-to-me-an/)

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[Chubby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chubby/)

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> [What you don't think when you sit down to write a show is, 'How can I be shocking?' That question isn't interesting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/what-you-don-t-think-when-you-sit-down-to-write-a-show-is-how-can-i/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [From working on heavily researched films such as 'Four Lions' and 'In the Loop,' I knew that research in itself is nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/from-working-on-heavily-researched-films-such-as-four-lions-and-in/)

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[Everything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/everything/)

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> [So often in TV you're looking at the monitor thinking, 'Oh, yeah, that sort of looks a bit like that other TV…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/so-often-in-tv-you-re-looking-at-the-monitor-thinking-oh-yeah-that/)

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[Like](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/like/)

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> [My daughter, who says 'Horrible Histories' is her favourite programme, gets that the tone is sophisticated and that it takes children seriously.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/my-daughter-who-says-horrible-histories-is-her-favourite-programme/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [I don't buy the thing that you can't do satire in the age of Trump. You just have to be funny and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-don-t-buy-the-thing-that-you-can-t-do-satire-in-the-age-of-trump/)

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[Age](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/age/)

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> [I wouldn't defend comedy that I find offensive, but there is a lot of comedy that some people find offensive which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-wouldn-t-defend-comedy-that-i-find-offensive-but-there-is-a-lot-of/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [Comedy is not good for anything, really. Apart from being one of the only things that makes life worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/comedy-is-not-good-for-anything-really-apart-from-being-one-of-the/)

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[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

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> [You've only got so much plot, character and psychological capital. One day it will be gone and you don't know when that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/you-ve-only-got-so-much-plot-character-and-psychological-capital-one/)

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[Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/)

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> [With my writing partner, Sam Bain, I have gone on to write for lots of shows, including our co-creation 'Peep Show,' two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/with-my-writing-partner-sam-bain-i-have-gone-on-to-write-for-lots-of/)

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[Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/)

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> [Writing a sitcom compared with writing a novel is a bit like the difference between going on a big, noisy group holiday…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/writing-a-sitcom-compared-with-writing-a-novel-is-a-bit-like-the/)

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[Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/)

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> [If you're writing a show about modern media moguls, Rupert Murdoch and his family are an incredibly important model and some of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/if-you-re-writing-a-show-about-modern-media-moguls-rupert-murdoch-and/)

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[Family](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/family/)

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> [This is the tragedy of the entrepreneur. They literally cannot slack off. That's why Alan Sugar looks so jowly, tired and angry,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/this-is-the-tragedy-of-the-entrepreneur-they-literally-cannot-slack/)

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[Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/)

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> [The writers' room is an open forum where anything mad or weird that aggressively shakes up the show can be suggested and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/the-writers-room-is-an-open-forum-where-anything-mad-or-weird-that/)

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[Anything](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anything/)

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> [I'm uncomfortable with the word satire. In the U.K., there's quite a bit of sledgehammer weight to that word, which is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-armstrong/i-m-uncomfortable-with-the-word-satire-in-the-u-k-there-s-quite-a-bit/)

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[Satire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/satire/)

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## Jesse Armstrong by topic

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