Richard Ayoade

The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if it's the classic Hitchcock shot of…

— Richard Ayoade

I was directing before I started doing 'The IT Crowd.' It wasn't something that led on after acting I guess. I was…

— Richard Ayoade

I don't really know what my personality is anyway. I don't really have one.

— Richard Ayoade

I've always felt that actors in my experience have a very good and accurate instinct about whether something feels right or not.…

— Richard Ayoade

I think there's nothing worse than telling actors what to do in front of everyone, because then on the next take, everyone's…

— Richard Ayoade

The most interesting part of filming is what the actors do. That's the primary link between the story and the audience.

— Richard Ayoade

No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not.

— Richard Ayoade

“Shyness can be interpreted as a kind of aggression.”

— Richard Ayoade

“Even so-called 'short novels' are pretty long and can take several hours to read, so make sure you stay hydrated. I like…

— Richard Ayoade

“I've found out that I may be more awkward than I thought I was, but then I never saw anyone because I…

— Richard Ayoade

A writer/director is a tough thing to gauge when someone hasn't directed a movie before. You just don't know. Sometimes it will…

— Richard Ayoade

I suppose I sort of like effects that have some organic elements rather than ones that are entirely generated by a computer.…

— Richard Ayoade

My parents didn't go to university and weren't brought up in England. They hadn't heard of any other universities other than 'Cambridge'…

— Richard Ayoade

I think people have the capacity to be many different things and many seemingly contradictory behaviors.

— Richard Ayoade

I'm just terrible. At talking. With words.

— Richard Ayoade

I only ever privately tell people stuff for the scene. And I often ask what they feel is right. Normally, by the…

— Richard Ayoade

I'm not good at watching myself.

— Richard Ayoade

I'm pretty bad at seeing new films.

— Richard Ayoade

American television is very much created by the writers, just the volume of it. The writers are so key. You're just trying…

— Richard Ayoade

Cars are good for entrances and exits. And there is something about driving that is quite cliched in a funny way. I…

— Richard Ayoade

Why have a pet hate? Why should it be confined? My hate is both wide ranging and total.

— Richard Ayoade

As in, I think 'Badlands' is one of the funniest films of all time: 'Every day I wish I was carried off…

— Richard Ayoade

I actually prefer night shoots to days. I prefer being up. It's easier for me. I'm more of a night person.

— Richard Ayoade

I like Roy Orbison's video for 'I Drove All Night' because it's so literal. It is just a man driving throughout the…

— Richard Ayoade

I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you…

— Richard Ayoade