Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci
Armando Giovanni Iannucci, OBEis a Scottish satirist, writer, television director and radio producer. Born in Glasgow, he studied at Oxford University and left graduate work on a PhD about John Milton to pursue a career in comedy...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth28 November 1963
president ends messy
Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.
thinking judging want
I kind of like that thing of you being caught up. You think you can judge someone, and before you know it, you've been swayed by them, and actually you want more of them.
decision busier
The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.
reality television emotion
The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.
eggs hens fickle
Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.
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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.
negative optimist though
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.
business industry models networks preferred public slightest tv wants whether
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.
method partisan tool
The last thing I want to do is use my comedy as a partisan tool or as a method for preaching.
good intelligence
Never underestimate the intelligence of the audience; make good programmes, and they will come.
believe consistent labels member policies saying signing sorts
I hate the idea of labels and saying you are member of one party or another and signing up to all sorts of policies that you don't have a view on or don't believe in. Because I'm not a politician, I don't have to be consistent in what I say and how I behave.