To be in a video is a ridiculous thing. It's almost impossible to do it without any humour

- Richard Ayoade

I think there's nothing worse than telling actors what to do in front of everyone, because then on the next take, everyone's waiting to see if you do…

- Richard Ayoade

I think people have the capacity to be many different things and many seemingly contradictory behaviors.

- Richard Ayoade

A lot of comedies are based on the reaction shot. You have one person doing something stupid and one person is generally the straight man, and the la…

- Richard Ayoade

I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you think, Wow, I must be really grea…

- Richard Ayoade

When I do plays in New York and do eight shows a week, you have the same feeling. Three of them are terrible, four of them are okay and one is really…

- Richard Ayoade

The act of seeing any film generally is you knowing more than the characters, even if its the classic Hitchcock shot of two people talking and a bomb…

- Richard Ayoade

Cars are good for entrances and exits. And there is something about driving that is quite cliched in a funny way. I like Roy Orbison's video for I Dr…

- Richard Ayoade

Why have a pet hate? Why should it be confined? My hate is both wide ranging and total.

- Richard Ayoade