Irish - Comedian | November 3, 1971 -
I wanted to show off - a simple impulse or drive; in much the same way as some kids wanted to play football, I wanted to show off. Not complicated in that sense, very natural; it just depends on how you want to show off.
Dylan Moran
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The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.
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Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.
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I thought The Office was good, though I didn't think of it as a sitcom, just as a very good programme.
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You achieve the surreal jokes through the realism by making it elastic.
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We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.
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The characters can't be wittier than people are in real life. They have to be character witty.
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One thing that's coming up a lot is: are you as grumpy as you appear from this Black Books thing.
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Yeah, I think Michael has had to deal with that label of being Michael Caine for a long time.
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I have a very low level of recognition, which is fine by me.
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Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.
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I don't really think of myself as an actor.
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