James Buckley ,quotes

I'm not built to be famous, I...

I'm not built to be famous, I'm not a star. I'm not special, so being stared at makes me very anxious.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I was in a TV show called 'Or...

I was in a TV show called 'Orrible' with Johnny Vaughan, I did the last series of 'Teachers', I did two or three different characters on 'The Bill'. Just stuff like that. The 'Inbetweeners' was the first thing that really took off.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I'm not competitive at all, I...

I'm not competitive at all, I just don't care. I have my own standards I want to meet, but it's a very, very low bar. Even then I struggle to meet those standards.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I would rather watch 'Blackad...

I would rather watch 'Blackadder' thousands of times. I'm sure there are people who probably watch 'The Inbetweeners' that much.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

People take secret pictures o...

People take secret pictures of me... it fries my brain. I'm just a bloke, Just come and talk to me, I'd love to talk to you.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I was in a position where I w...

I was in a position where I was going to wait for the 'Inbetweeners' film to come out before I decided what I was going to do next, but as soon I was asked to be involved with 'Comic Strip', I was incredibly flattered and jumped at it.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

Yeah, I still feel like I've ...

Yeah, I still feel like I've got no idea what I'm doing! Very much so. I'm not sure when that feeling goes away. I don't know if it ever does. I don't know if you ever do stop learning really.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

My wife's a really keen baker...

My wife's a really keen baker, and her mother is also a really keen baker, so they were giving me a little hand over the weekend, and giving me tips, things like that.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I've never set myself any goa...

I've never set myself any goals. I think the only goal that I've set myself is just to enjoy my life and to have a good time.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I was fitting kitchens before...

I was fitting kitchens before I could afford not to - so I was still fitting kitchens whilst the first series of The Inbetweeners was coming out.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

That was very much a possibil...

That was very much a possibility with doing the movie for 'The Inbetweeners'. We didn't know if it was going to work or if people were going to like it.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

I think I was a pretty ordina...

I think I was a pretty ordinary teenager, boring, just played video games with my mates and went to the pub, stuff like that. Just very normal.

James Buckley 10.08.2025 21:03:22 13 quotes

If enough people openly engage...

If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as a good democrat, will go along.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

This source of corruption, ala...

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

Given the difficulty of resist...

Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls may well be the ultimate argument in favor of term limitations.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

Under the circumstances, may I...

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

What distinguishes the campaig...

What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two sides do not divide along conventional liberal/ conservative lines.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

I had hoped that the current p...

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in the ongoing controversy over campaign financing.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

Unfortunately, the media, whic...

Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

The kind of corruption the med...

The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions.

James Buckley 03.03.2018 03:03:03 13 quotes

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