Andrew Davies Quotes

I probably wore out my VHS copy of 'Office Space.'

'9 to 5 the Musical' is perfect for anyone that's ever wanted to string up their boss, which is almost all of us.

In advertising, I was frustrated by having to deal with the client. It was the only time I really worked in a proper office, and I didn't like it-simple as that.

The show is called 'The Office,' and while it focuses on the people, the architecture of the space is very important.

I would have been a nightmare in any kind of office, because I wouldn't have had any friends in any environment other than performing.

When you spend such a large portion of your life working - and it's not fun, and you're worried about getting sued or fired for saying the wrong thing or for acting crazy at a work party - then what has work done to America? That's the impetus to have a huge office Christmas party.

It does not matter whether I am in Hong Kong or Sao Paolo - people always want to talk about toxic bosses and what to do about them.

I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too loudly. 'Dilbert' is the designated voice of discontent for the workplace. I never planned it that way. It just happened.

I'm like a Dilbert cartoon.

Whenever the boss has 'fun' activities, there's got to be a parable or a lesson. Employees feel like they're supposed to be taking notes.

I find if you are in an office, the crisis finds you. If you're not in the office, the crisis finds somebody else.

It was tough for him in that newsroom with Ted Baxter getting all the glory and this poor guy doing all the work. Murray worried so much he worried his hair off!

I think we've all worked with that person at the office who takes themselves and their job so seriously.

If I had an office job, I'd probably be doing the exact same thing I'm doing on television: hanging out by the water cooler and talking to co-workers about their relationships.

I always get so excited when I get to go to my friends at corporate offices. I am always, like, looking around. I think that's really exciting to be a part of an actual corporate office.

A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.

I never worked in an office in my life.

If someone comes up to me, 90 percent of the time it's about Office Space.

The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.

Bureaucracies cling to their office space, their secretaries [assistants], their official cars, and their every allotted dollar and personnel position with a tenacity that drowning men might well envy.

'Office Space' I loved doing.

I have an endless stream of suggestions coming in from readers who are in cubicles. That keeps me going.

There is pressure from day one when you start your career.