I think ‘Mrs. Brown’s Boys’ in particular is very good, though I do find that perhaps the language is a bit strong for a family, but it is very popular, and I think it’s very funny. David Jason Read Quote
Ronnie Barker was a man whom I thought more deserving of a knighthood than me. David Jason Read Quote
The first series of ‘Open All Hours’ came and went without much fanfare because the BBC, in its almighty wisdom, put it out on BBC2, reasoning that it was ‘a gentle comedy’, better suited to the calms of the second channel than to the noisier, choppier waters of the first. David Jason Read Quote
My mum, Olwen, was a bright and talkative woman who loved a gossip and a story and was given slightly to malapropisms. And she was Welsh, so, of course, she sang. David Jason Read Quote
On ‘EastEnders’ everyone’s bitter, angry. Where are the wonderful characters that I lived with, who could find humour even in the lowest form of living? David Jason Read Quote
In 1977, while I was performing in a play in Cardiff, a friend introduced me to a striking redhead called Myfanwy Talog, famed for her appearances on Welsh television with the comedy duo Rees and Ronnie. We were instantly smitten and eventually moved in together, sharing 18 happy years. David Jason Read Quote
Don’t get me started on BBC salaries. We were never the big league. Situation comedy has always been the poor relation in the television entertainment business. David Jason Read Quote
I’ve been approached to do reality shows, but even though the fees are very, very attractive, I always say no because money should never be your motivation. David Jason Read Quote
I have no interest in Twitter or Twotter or Twatter. It would never occur to me to use it. People who Tweet during programmes are always asking, ‘What happened then?’ If you’re bloody Twittering away all the time, you miss what is actually going on. David Jason Read Quote