48 Quotes by Julia Davis

My grandfather was a vicar, and there was quite a lot of churchgoing when I was growing up. It's a world that I spent a lot of time around.

I love the spiritual side of religion, but the church, for me, is a place where I feel very repressed.

People say the comedy is so shocking, but if you read newspapers or look around generally - I mean, obviously I'm not writing about all the lovely things that there are, which I do see as well - but there is a lot of outrageousness around, slightly covered up. And obviously, it's fun to take that a little bit further.

A lot of my comedy is to do with being angry, then finding a way to channel that.

I think I am generally prone to exaggerating characters, taking them to a ridiculous extent. But you do also meet those people in real life who are just really awful.

I watch a lot of U.S. comedy, shows such as 'Eastbound & Down' and 'Veep.' I love Julia Louis-Dreyfus and her character in that show.

With 'Nighty Night' series one, Oprah Winfrey's channel took it on, so she must have liked it.

I'm sure all parents think their kids are funny, and I'm sure a lot of kids are, whether their parents are comics or not.

I still think of things for 'Jill' all the time. It's annoying, because I want to be able to find another character who I could write for indefinitely.