Armando Iannucci Quotes

• Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.

  Armando Iannucci

  Eggs, Fickle, Hens

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• Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh.

  Armando Iannucci

  Writing, Thinking, Laughing

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• The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.

  Armando Iannucci

  Reality, Television, Emotion

  "Armando Iannucci: 'My 11-year-old thinks I'm cool'" by Dan Sabbagh, www.theguardian.com. July 3, 2011.

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• We only now talk to our own, on Facebook and social media we talk to people, we friend and we like and we follow people who agree with us and rather than engaging with people who disagree with us, we unfollow them, we block them, we non-platform them.

  Armando Iannucci

  Block, People, Social Media

  Source: www.smh.com.au

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• There's something inherently comic about the fact that politicians make things worse by worrying too much about something.

  Armando Iannucci

  Worrying Too Much, Facts, Politician

  Source: collider.com

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• The busier you are, the less time you have to make decisions.

  Armando Iannucci

  Decision, Busier

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• I always think you've just got to move on. If you keep wallowing in the thing that you've done for a while you get a bit stale.

  Armando Iannucci

  Moving, Thinking, Done

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I don't think I could ever reach the giddy heights of the inspired comedy and tragedy that's happening now in Washington. I mean, it's mesmerizing to watch but it's also scary. For me, the scariest thing about it is all those people who were so absolutely opposed to Donald Trump before he got elected, and then have just drifted away and kept quiet. It goes back to: We've always got to be vigilant about democracy because it can go wrong.

  Armando Iannucci

  Mean, Thinking, People

  "'Veep' creator: I could never reach 'giddy heights' of Trump". The Associated Press Interview, abcnews.go.com. September 8, 2017.

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• It almost seems like anyone who doesn't seem political in any way is at an advantage. It's almost like anti-politics. A stage where anyone who acts - and it is an act - as if they have nothing to do with the way that daily politics works is lauded as some kind of superstar human being.

  Armando Iannucci

  Political, Superstar, Kind

  Source: thequietus.com

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• It's still very relevant to how politics works within government, but in terms of the way into politics for an outsider, no, I don't think that would work. I don't know what would, other than... people are going online, and finding the single issue topics. I mean, look at the junior doctors' strike at the moment, or benefit cuts. That sort of cut across parties, and real pressure was felt in the government from inside and out.

  Armando Iannucci

  Real, Party, Mean

  Source: thequietus.com

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• There's a guy on YouTube ... who just re-voices Donald Trump. He does a thing called Sassy Trump which is just to take Donald Trump's words and revoice them. Doesn't change them ...and strangely enough it just makes you listen to what Trump is saying. I think the biggest answer to comedy against Trump is Trump's own words.

  Armando Iannucci

  Sassy, Thinking, Guy

  Source: www.smh.com.au

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

  Armando Iannucci

  Journey, Meditation, Listening

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• As a gut thing, my next project is always the complete opposite of the thing I've just done. So if I've spent a lot of time doing film, I might then do some radio.

  Armando Iannucci

  Done, Film, Guts

  Source: film.avclub.com

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• It seemed like after the 80s and 90s there came a sort of weird time in politics, where something like Spitting Image was no longer feasible because politicians weren't the big personalities that they once were. But now it seems like we're coming out of that, I mean we've got Boris Johnson, and Trump overseas, and Jeremy Corbyn.

  Armando Iannucci

  Mean, Personality, Politician

  Source: thequietus.com

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• I think it's a slightly crazy time actually, it's very difficult to satirise because each of politicians is in their own way enacting a commentary on the world of politics anyway. To then comment on them just feels like adding another layer. I find it very difficult to do jokes about current politics because for me it's all about... I actually genuinely want people to be involved properly, you know? I mean, the number of people who don't vote... Frightening, really.

  Armando Iannucci

  Crazy, Mean, Thinking

  Source: thequietus.com

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• 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.

  Armando Iannucci

  Thinking, Judging, Want

  Interview with Sam Adams, film.avclub.com. July 22, 2009.

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• 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.

  Armando Iannucci

  Fall, Office, President

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• I'm a bit of a political geek anyway, so you tend to write how you think the rhythms of an administration will go.

  Armando Iannucci

  Writing, Thinking, Political

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.

  Armando Iannucci

  President, Ends, Messy

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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