Leeson Quotes

Invisibility
there are things we can't see now, that are there, that are embedded, that it really takes time in order to be able to see. There are many ghosts that are lurking around and lingering through us that takes the technology of another generation or so in order to uncover and show what those stains and strains and perceived flaws really we're building towards ~ Lynn Hershman Leeson

There are a lot of advantages to being self-taught. Quality of instruction is not one of them. ~ Ted Leeson

Month to month there were many discrepancies carried forward without resolution through what I jokingly called my "999 (or Nick Leeson)" account. ~ Jon Edgell

Dick Mills was in charge of sound effects and all the rest then, and he put the voice through a ring modulator or whatever gizmos he'd got at the time to make it sound a little more electronic. ~ John Leeson

cooked alive or forced to eat the severed ears from their own heads ~ Peter T. Leeson

It couldn't sound like a dog, because K9 isn't a dog, but I made it sound as mechanical as possible. ~ John Leeson

No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic. ~ John Leeson

It was just at the end of the golden era of BBC comedy, which was fantastic. ~ John Leeson

A not uncommon practice was to associate nationality with a particular disease, often sexually transmitted. For example, the English called syphilis "The French Disease"; the French called it "The Italian Disease"; the Italians called it "The Turkish Disease"; the Russians called it "The Polish Disease"; and both the Japanese and the Indians termed it "The Portuguese Disease." Only the Spanish accepted any blame, referring to it as "The Spanish Disease. ~ Daniel N. Leeson

The partition window opened. Panic flooded through him and he twisted in his seat to see Kooi's wife. She had a gun, pointed through the little window and at his head. 'We can talk about this,' Leeson said, swallowing. 'I can make you a very wealthy woman.' She said, 'Put your hands over your ears, Peter, and close your eyes. ~ Tom Wood

It's common to associate the 'goodness' or 'badness' of behaviour with the 'goodness' or 'badness' of the motivations that drive it. But the nobility or ignobility of individuals' motivations often bears no relationship, and in some cases even exhibits an inverse relationship, to the nobility or ignobility of the outcomes these motivations create. Sometimes the basest of intentions can produce the best of outcomes. ~ Peter T. Leeson

Got through it without fluffing, that's the main thing any actor can hope for. ~ John Leeson

I was lucky enough myself to have been in Dad's Army for an episode. ~ John Leeson