If I want to go out to a restaurant with some friends, I’m more than happy that we go in under the radar, have a little evening on our own. David Jason Read Quote
I was very shy and had low self-esteem; the only way to stop yourself getting beaten up was to turn your hand to being an idiot. At the beginning, it was survival, and after that, it became second nature. David Jason Read Quote
My life has been in reverse. It wasn’t fame, and it wasn’t money, but I always wanted to succeed. The only way I could do that was to try with every job to be better than I was in the last one, and to learn. David Jason Read Quote
I don’t watch ‘The X Factor’ any more. Why do I want to see someone say the same old thing – it’s all they’ve ever dreamed about – then lose and burst into tears and go into neurosis? They just want to be famous – it doesn’t matter how. David Jason Read Quote
When you see the kids on ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ or ‘The X Factor’ who just want to be famous at all costs, you just go, ‘God, these people just don’t know what it is they’re asking for.’ David Jason Read Quote
I enjoy life so much I don’t want it to end, and dying does worry me. If you’ve got faith, you believe that you’re going to go to a magic land, but unfortunately, I don’t have faith. David Jason Read Quote
I joined an amateur drama group as a teenager, fell in love with theatre, and it totally changed my life. David Jason Read Quote
For me, the making of a documentary to mark the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was an intensely personal journey. I was born in February 1940, so I was just six months old as the battle raged overhead. David Jason Read Quote
I’ve been lucky enough to do this fantastic job now for more than 50 years. To make people laugh, to entertain, create a wide range of emotions – it has always been a tremendous thrill for me, and it still is. David Jason Read Quote
