The A-list celebrities were always going to be the icing on the cake. It's always been more of an ensemble piece. |
The essential thing about Bob Hope was he wasn't a winner, but he had a bravado, and he was willing to say now and again he was scared. |
The grass isn't always greener on the other side! |
The Office |
the sharpest beak on the block. |
They'd both tell you exactly what they wanted. 'Ashley, do this. Move the cup there. Turn round, take two seconds and then look.' And you just have to go, 'Yeah, you know what you're doing.' |
We had a hit list of people we approached, ... We told them some of the ideas we had. Because we spent such a long time writing the scripts for each episode, it would be mad to spend three months on a script for Sam Jackson, send it to him, and he goes, 'Why would I do that?' So we got a preliminary yes out of them, and then went way, wrote the ideas, spoke to them on the phone, sent them the script, and they all said yes. |
We have seen some of the scripts and it is quite faithful (to the original), |
We make television for a British audience and it's still amazing to me that most countries in the world have my fat face beamed into homes once a week. |
We picked on something people identified with -- a decent job at work, a relationship, a boss who needs to be loved and who is going through a mid-life crisis, |
We were slapping each other's backs so hard we were red raw. |
When a crab's pissed it walks forward. |
Where did you get that? ... Is it on sale already? |
Where there's a will-there's a relative! |
Why by a book when you can join a library. |