Richard Ayoade Thinking Quotations

No. I really don't think I'm cool. I'm not.

As in, I think Badlands is one of the funniest films of all time: Every day I wish I was carried off to a magical land, but that never happened is one of the funniest lines in any film.

I think there's nothing worse than telling actors what to do in front of everyone, because then on the next take, everyone's waiting to see if you do that ... Everyone watches. It's just the worst thing.

I think people have the capacity to be many different things and many seemingly contradictory behaviors.

I try to write every day. Sometimes the things come out well, and sometimes they don't. When they come out well you think, Wow, I must be really great; and when they come out poorly, you think you must be terrible, but the truth is that's how any process works.