“The East is very mysterious to Westerners. Even post-Cold War, it's still an unknown entity.” Quote by Dylan Moran
“The trend now is to get away from stage bound sitcoms.” StageBoundsGet AwayTrendsSitcom Author:Dylan Moran
“We are both drawn to surreal situations so the writing was a joy.” WritingJoySituationSurreal Author:Dylan Moran
“A lot of the fiction I read growing up was post-war American, and not all of it centers on Manhattan, but around people of the Mad Men generation, people like John Cheever and, in more modern times, Don DeLillo, who I always mention.” PeopleMenWarFictionGrowing UpGrowingGenerationsModernMadPostsManhattanModern TimesMad MenPost War Author:Dylan Moran
“As an Irish person, there's a historical fascination with America: America is the default green and promised land for Irish people and Italians; that's what we grow up with.” PeoplePersonsAmericaGrowsGrowing UpLandGreenHistoricalFascinationDefaultPromised Land Author:Dylan Moran
“Home gigs can be hard because it's an odd collision. More than anything, I feel self-conscious when my family are in the audience. I'm doing this job which is not quite acting - part of it is me, part performance. You're presenting a cartoon of yourself to people who know you as a line-drawing.” PeopleKnowsFeelsSelfHardHomeJobsLinesActingAudienceConsciousMy FamilyPerformancesDrawingOddCartoonGigsSelf ConsciousPresentingCollision Author:Dylan Moran
“I did throw a lot of eggs into one basket, as you do in your teenage years - 'I am buying these records, I am wearing this'. I did quite a bit of that. You have to do it, wear your stupid shoes, wear your stupid hair.” YearsBitsRecordsStupidHairShoesBuyingEggsTeenageBasketsTeenage YearsYour Stupid Author:Dylan Moran
“I don't want to do panel games or adverts. I really like challenges. I always get roles as an art teacher or a photographer. In the future I want to play something like a mugger/assassin/pastry chef.” WantArtPlayGamesChallengesRolesTeacherPhotographerChefAssassinsPastriesAdvertsArt TeacherMuggersPastry Chef Author:Dylan Moran
“I draw hundreds and hundreds of pictures of sort of gnarly looking men, so I don't know what that tells you. People who look like... they're waiting for a sandwich that's never going to come. I don't know what's wrong with me.” PeopleKnowsMenLooksWaitingDrawsSandwichesGnarly Author:Dylan Moran
“I enjoy performing, always, but when you're taping a gig, you've got to blank out this mass apparatus of self-consciousness that's surrounding you, this invitation to drown in self-consciousness. Otherwise you just won't be able to do anything.” SelfAbleEnjoyConsciousnessMassPerformingBlankInvitationsGigsSelf Consciousness Author:Dylan Moran
“I get a phone call once every 18 months from some mad person who wants me to do something for less than no money and they give me about a week's notice. That's my film career, most of the time.” WantGivingPersonsFilmCareersWeekMonthsGive MeMadPhonesWant MeNo MoneyPhone CallsMad Person Author:Dylan Moran