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David Jason

English Actor

Born: Feb 2, 1940

Actor Comedy Me People Think You

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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

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

Nature Survival Yourself Idiot Beginning Way Only Beaten Had Self-Esteem Became Hand Up Very Getting Stop Being After Low Turn Low Self-Esteem Your Second Shy Second Nature

While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire. David Jason

Mind Thought Retire Hearty While

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

Time Great Game Men Met Manners Military Secretaries Extremely Admiration Dress Impeccable My Time Retire Perfectly Always Still Lot End Up After Golf Clubs Them

My father, Arthur, was a fishmonger, first at Billingsgate market and later in Camden Town and Golders Green. David Jason

Father First Market Later Town Camden Arthur Green

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

Me Together Happy Comedy Striking Television Introduced Sharing Instantly Performing Smitten Redhead Welsh Were Years Friend Duo Moved While Ronnie Appearances Eventually Play Her

Comedy is a funny business, which you have to take seriously. David Jason

Funny You Business Comedy Seriously Take Which

Journalists are out to trap me with my underwear showing. David Jason

Me Out Journalists Underwear Trap Showing

I needed to be an actor more than anything. David Jason

More More Than Anything Than Anything Actor Needed

I was not driven by fame and fortune. David Jason

Driven Fame Fame And Fortune Fortune

I can be intolerant. David Jason

Intolerant

I'm a qualified Professional Association of Diving Instructors Divemaster. David Jason

Diving Qualified Instructor Professional Association

I was 25 when I'd told my parents that I was giving up steady work as an electrician to become an actor. They couldn't have been less enthusiastic if I'd proposed starting a commercial newt-breeding operation in the bathroom. David Jason

Work Parents Giving Giving Up Become Bathroom Enthusiastic Steady Steady Work Proposed Operation Been Up Commercial Less Electrician Actor Starting

The Christmas of 1965 was a Yuletide with a difference at my parents' tiny terrace house in North London: it was the first time my family had been able to see me on television. David Jason

Christmas Time Family Me Parents First Television See Able London Had House Terrace First Time Been North Tiny Difference

One of the things I learned was that I really enjoyed stunt-car driving. David Jason

One Of The Things Driving Learned Really Enjoyed Things

We get the impression through film and TV that Americans are violent gangsters with guns or upper-middle-class people in romcoms. I really liked the people. They were really warm. They could have been Brits. I mean that in the nicest possible way. David Jason

A show like the 'Only Fool and Horses' Christmas special got 24 million viewers, so practically everyone in the country was watching. But of course it's a different world now, with so many channels. And those kind of figures are really difficult to achieve. David Jason

Christmas Fool World Achieve Country Difficult Channels Everyone Those Kind Only Horses Like Practically Course Got Different Really Viewers Show Special Figures Many Now Different World Million Watching

I'm an actor, and so of course I want to see TV companies making good dramas. I want that to be a priority. David Jason

Good Dramas TV See Course Making Priority Want Companies Actor

It seems to me that as soon as politicians get in, they become part of this club, and the rest of us, beneath them, are just ants running about. They become besotted with their position. David Jason

Me Rest Become Politicians Club Beneath Running About Seems Part Soon Get Ants Just Them Us Position

You can't make people enjoy what you're doing unless you're enjoying it yourself. David Jason

You Yourself People Enjoy Unless Make Doing Enjoying

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