I don’t get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
DAVID WALLIAMSI don’t get recognized much, and am very happy with that. The fans I have met have all been delightful.
DAVID WALLIAMSIt’s strange how sometimes you can be so happy it goes all the way round to sadness.
DAVID WALLIAMSI am a huge fan of ‘Doctor Who.’
DAVID WALLIAMSThe most used piece of kit in my kitchen is my saucepan. I use it every morning to cook my porridge in. The least used piece of equipment? I’d say a food mixer. I’ve never used it, I don’t really know what they’re for.
DAVID WALLIAMSAll human life can be found in an airport.
DAVID WALLIAMSI just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
DAVID WALLIAMSWe sit in a room for months trying to think of funny things.
DAVID WALLIAMSWriting for radio really focuses the mind, because you can’t rely on thinking “Oh, just pull a funny face at the end of this sketch.” You’ve got to try to work on the words.
DAVID WALLIAMSMy favourite restaurant of all time is Mildreds on London’s Lexington Street. It’s a little vegetarian restaurant and is really fun and healthy, too. It was the first place I went to in London and really liked. That was 20 years ago, and it is still my favourite.
DAVID WALLIAMSI’m terribly attention-seeking. It’s very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can’t exactly.
DAVID WALLIAMSI love telling stories. I love the intimacy between the writer and reader. When you write sketches it’s over in two minutes. When you write a book the characters have to have a bit of emotional depth.
DAVID WALLIAMSI think most people that do comedy write for themselves. I don’t think there is any other way you can do it, really. Otherwise it would be quite cynical.
DAVID WALLIAMSI’ve just swum the length of the Thames. I feel quite tired.
DAVID WALLIAMSI have always liked shows that have laughter in them.
DAVID WALLIAMSTV has lost a lot of its self-confidence as its power has been eroded by the internet.
DAVID WALLIAMSI used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.
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