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
call felt therefore turning
When I'm making something, I've always felt in charge and therefore able to call the shots. But what you've got to do is stop that turning into arrogance or despotism!
writing thinking laughing
Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh.
journey meditation listening
Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation.
worrying-too-much facts politician
There's something inherently comic about the fact that politicians make things worse by worrying too much about something.
fall office going-away
What's funny about that office is it's entirely dependent on how close you are to the president, because the president decides what your role will be. If you get on with the president, that's great; if you fall out with the president, power can go away.
writing thinking political
I'm a bit of a political geek anyway, so you tend to write how you think the rhythms of an administration will go.
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.