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.
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 -…
- 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
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…
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.
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 …
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.
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…
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.
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.
Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs. - Armando Iannucci
Death is a fickle hen, and random are her eggs.
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