A biography for James Mayhasn’t been written yet.
“Richard Hammond is a reasonably fit bloke who looks after himself. Me and Jeremy aren't.”
“I'm a big user of digital technology, but I don't find it beautiful.”
“I don't like to think I am a celebrity; I am just a bloke on the telly.”
“We've always liked the word 'chump', and it's quite nearly our initials - Clarkson, Hammond, and May Productions.”
“I'm not very ambitious, sorry... I don't get up and think, 'Today, I shall achieve greatness.' It's more, 'Today I might have Marmite on my toast.'”
“I know there have been some catastrophically unpopular programmes on television over the years. Has it ever got to the point where the only person still interested in what's happening is the person who's on the telly?”
“I find the history of toys very interesting on an academic level - they're very much products of their time, just like paintings and furniture tell us about their time.”
“A lot of television assumes the viewer is a bit daft, and I don't think they are.”
“I don't have any quarrel with the BBC.”
“Some cyclists are complete prats, obviously, but so are some drivers.”
“There are very few things in real life on which I agree with Jeremy Clarkson, surprisingly few for people who have to make a TV show together. But that's part of what makes it work.”
“When I get into a car - any car - I still find it amazing that I'm allowed to drive it away.”
“I have never stormed off over money or contracts. I am paid quite well by 'Top Gear.' I am pretty happy, and I have never seen Richard Hammond storm off, either.”
“I'm not beholden to anyone. I'm not waiting for a pension or a carriage clock.”
“When we were kids, if somebody said, 'What did you watch last night?' you would have said, 'BBC Two,' but now they'll just say, 'My mobile.'”
“I think any carmaker that had a brain and was looking very long-term would think about 'Personalised Transport Solutions' - which may not be a car.”
“Me, I'm a lesbian: I find women fascinating.”
“Watching people move to nice music is very pleasant.”
“I've got a new pair of trainers. That's the only difference in my life since I started working for Amazon.”
“'Normal bloke' is my style.”