A biography for David Jasonhasn’t been written yet.
“John Sullivan's scripts were always very funny, and cast and crew got on well.”
“I hadn't been to drama school. I hadn't been to university and acted there. I had no qualifications behind me.”
“For me, the making of a documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was an intensely personal journey. I was born in February 1940, so I was just six months old as the battle raged overhead.”
“Journalists are out to trap me with my underwear showing.”
“Despite offers, I have never felt the urge to try to make it in Hollywood.”
“I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo gave rise to a theory, much propounded in newspaper profiles, that my life has been one desperate effort to compensate for that stillborn brother.”
“I always wanted to fly. When I was in theatre, I used to go up on Dunstable Downs on my day off to watch the gliders, to get away from it all.”
“I think 'Mrs. Brown's Boys' in particular is very good, though I do find that perhaps the language is a bit strong for a family, but it is very popular, and I think it's very funny.”
“The Christmas of 1965 was a Yuletide with a difference at my parents' tiny terrace house in North London: it was the first time my family had been able to see me on television.”
“Miley Cyrus epitomises what we have allowed. She has done it to break the mould. I can understand why, but we have given her the oxygen of publicity and encouraged it, so young girls will think it is the right way to attract men. We've lost our standards.”
“My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.”
“I would like 'Frost' to go on forever, but you don't want people in the press hammering you, saying you've outstayed your welcome or that it's not believable anymore.”
“My desperation to be on the stage and perform was like a vocation, a religious calling.”
“While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.”
“I'm a qualified Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemaster.”
“I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom.”
“I enjoy the work; I just don't like the glamour side of it. I find that very difficult to handle.”
“I am thrilled to be taking part in 'Hogfather.' I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett's books, and to play the part of Albert is going to be great fun.”
“I started at the Incognito Theatre as an amateur.”
“Ronnie Barker was a man whom I thought more deserving of a knighthood than me.”