108 Quotes by David Jason

I want to encourage young people to get up off the sofa and get out there - as long as you want something hard enough, you can do it.

My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story and was given slightly to malapropisms. And she was Welsh, so, of course, she sang.

I wouldn't like to get trapped in a long series.

Being an actor is like being a monk: you have got to be dedicated.

I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me.

That's humour - doing what funny people have done since comedy began without being edgy and pushing boundaries.

Ronnie Barker was a man whom I thought more deserving of a knighthood than me.

Comedy is a funny business, which you have to take seriously.

You wouldn't want me to play Frost in a wheelchair, would you? 'Frost' is getting a little long in the tooth. I still enjoy doing it, and it's a great part, but I just think he's got to retire.