Quotes About Observation

The people you learn most from are the audiences, which is why I'm always best on my last night.

I think no matter where you're from, you're going to be laughing about stuff going on around you.

Personally, I feel that a company which looks at problems of other companies and learns from their mistakes is a successful one.

I have seen a lot of things in life, and learnt from them.

I've learnt on set with different directors I've worked with.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

In my writing, I focus lenses. I'm almost always seeing when I am writing.

I like to walk around John Lewis or Selfridges window-shopping.

The more life experience you have, the more comedy you can write.

All I write about is what's happened to me and to people I know, and the better I know them, the more likely they are to be written about.

I'm a people watcher, and I love to listen.

I think it makes you a good listener about other people's relationships when you haven't got that much to say about your own.

A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do.

I work very quickly. I only ever take one picture of one thing. Literally. Never two.

Those who have been writing literature have not been writing life.

You learn about people when they do go through a little bit of adversity.

I always wonder who people are when I meet them; where they live, how they get home from work and little things like that.

I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time.

When I shoot a film, I take my camera and put it among the characters and let it show you their world, their problems, their happiness and the little things that matter to them.

What I do for a living is listen.

I'm a fan of the fly-on-the-wall-type documentary, even if I'm not particularly interested in the location of the wall.

I write about personal experiences. I write about things that have happened to me and the people around me, so you just sort of keep this antenna up and on the lookout for things to say.

We always think every other man's job is easier than our own. The better he does it, the easier it looks.

I'd like to become a female Louis Theroux.