Journalists are out to trap me with my underwear showing. David Jason More Quotes by David Jason More Quotes From David Jason Working with Ronnie Barker was always a joy and were without doubt some of the best years of my career David Jason careers joy years I'm getting fed up of living away from home so much. They look after you very well but it doesn't matter how well you're looked after, how nice the hotel is, if you're away from home constantly, the bloody dog savages you, thinks you're a stranger, the kid cries and the wife's stuck to your face! David Jason nice dog home Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world. David Jason congratulations uplifting moving Anybody who wants to make television has a tremendous problem because it's a financially restrictive media in this day and age. David Jason media age television 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 without better comedy wisdom 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 loved woman story gossip 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 yourself beginning nature way There are certain values that, in my opinion, television has lost - various moral lines. How far you go in, say, revealing what people get up to on reality TV, and also graphic violence and swearing - the taboo of various swear-words is no longer there. It's worrying. David Jason you violence reality people 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 me you time people Working on 'Open All Hours' had some unexpected perks, not least the attractions of the canteen at the BBC's rehearsal studios in West London. David Jason open some unexpected london After leaving school, I worked as an electrician before becoming an actor. David Jason actor before leaving school Driving a Model T Ford was extremely difficult. The pedals are reversed from the way they are now. It's so crude, but that was the motorcar that started it all. It's an incredible part of history. David Jason difficult driving history way 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 me enjoy-life faith life I would like 'Frost' to go on forever, but you don't want people in the press hammering you, saying you've outstayed your welcome or that it's not believable anymore. David Jason saying you welcome people While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire. David Jason retire while thought mind My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles. David Jason you hell listening father How do I feel about being called a national treasure? I think it's marvellous if that's people's opinion. But I'd rather have the money than the label. David Jason feel think money people A lot of TV has moved away from family viewing. But with 'The Royal Bodyguard,' we have tried to make a show when no one will be worried about sitting there with their kids or their grandma. David Jason will royal family sitting I've met a lot of military men in my time. After they retire, they are still extremely game. They dress perfectly and have impeccable manners. They always end up as secretaries of golf clubs. I have great admiration for them. David Jason dress game time men I'm a twin, but only I emerged live from the womb. The fact that I was originally one half of a duo gave rise to a theory, much propounded in newspaper profiles, that my life has been one desperate effort to compensate for that stillborn brother. David Jason my-life effort brother life
