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.
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… - Armando Iannucci
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…
- Armando Iannucci
Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh. - Armando Iannucci
Write what makes you laugh not what you think will make someone else laugh.
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 … - Armando Iannucci
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 …
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 -… - Armando Iannucci
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 -…
Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan. - Armando Iannucci
Any president's second term ends up being quite messy. It never goes quite according to plan.
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… - Armando Iannucci
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…
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
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.
Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs. - Armando Iannucci
Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.
The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television. - Armando Iannucci
The only shared reality we have is things we have seen on television.
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