33 Quotes by Armando Iannucci

There is still an element of the BBC that feels it is somehow wrong, or it will be open to criticism, if it makes more money.

When I started off, I always used to do parodies and impressions, mimicking people... and then institutions. You become aware that some institutions have their own language. You almost define yourself by how you speak.

I started quite young at school, compering a charity event at an old people's home. I would do stand up and impressions and enjoyed the laughter. It's very addictive. It's a lovely sensation to say something and hear a whole room laugh.

The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.

I refuse to work evenings or weekends. If a script sees my character meeting for dinner, I put a line through the words and make them meet for lunch.

I am an optimist even though I am told everything I do is negative and cynical.

I assume everyone around me is older because they look more responsible.

Governments, whether right or left, have become commissioners-in-chief, nudging and cajoling networks into preferred business models without the slightest sensitivity or awareness of what the public wants or the TV industry is capable of.

Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it’s an activity not a meditation.