Jesse Armstrong

Under a government committed to cutting public services to the bone, the police are often left to clean up all sorts of untidy situations that are really social work or housing, mental and physical health issues.

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A lot of research went into 'Succession.' I wrote the pilot solo, so there was a good deal of my own research and life experience in there.

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Everyone has tacit levels of trust, don't we? In every interaction that takes place in our professional and personal lives we have boundaries that we sort of trust the other person not to breach.

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We read the financial papers and there's a ton of tech and media mergers and acquisitions we're likely to take inspiration from.

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Oswestry's a bit in the middle of nowhere - quite tough, and quite English, in the way border towns are.

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If you're on your way to meet your maker, you are not, are you, going to stop en route for a foot-long tuna sub?

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There's that saying: 'No man is a hero to his valet.' It's the same between flatmates.

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There are lots of great characters in fiction who viewers and readers have engaged with that behave badly. Great characters can be unfaithful. They can lie and cheat.

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Quotes by Jesse Armstrong