Solely Fools and Horses legend Sir David Jason has opened up about the kind of actors who irritate him on set – and he didn’t maintain again. Talking on The Chris Moyles Present on Radio X in Could 2025, the 85-year-old comedy icon revealed he struggles to work alongside co-stars who shut themselves off from the remainder of the forged within the identify of “stepping into character”.
“The factor that irritates me enormously [is] some actors who need to be quiet, don’t speak to me,” Jason defined.
“Why is that? ‘I’ve acquired to get into character.’ And I feel, you already know, do me a favour. You’re lifting your self above everybody else that’s a part of the workforce.”
Jason – greatest recognized for taking part in Del Boy Trotter throughout greater than 20 years – mentioned he’s by no means wanted intense rituals to get into the zone. For him, performing begins the second the costume goes on.
“Should you’re a superb actor, you are in a position to placed on the costume, and as you placed on the costume, you are placing on the character that you have invented,” he continued.
“It provides me 5 or ten minutes to, you already know, to start out getting in there. It is like flexing a muscle, is not it? And then you definitely’re into it immediately.”
Sir David shot to fame taking part in lovable rogue Derek “Del Boy” Trotter in Solely Fools and Horses (1981–2003), working intently with author John Sullivan and co-stars Nicholas Lyndhurst and Buster Merryfield.
Alongside his comedy success, David proved his dramatic vary in ITV’s long-running detective drama A Contact of Frost, showing reverse Bruce Alexander and Caroline Harker.
He additionally starred in Open All Hours and its sequel Nonetheless Open All Hours alongside Ronnie Barker, and lent his voice to traditional youngsters’s sequence Hazard Mouse and The Wind within the Willows.
His feedback have since sparked debate amongst followers and fellow performers. Whereas many praised his old-school method, others defended various performing strategies.
One person wrote: “What irritates me most is artists who decide the processes of different artists. I feel so long as the method doesn’t trigger the actor to disrespect friends or be unkind, then I say do you. As an individual who does dwell theatre, I undoubtedly want my quiet time earlier than performances.”
Others added: “You do what works for you, different individuals do what works for them. And it’s OK”, and “I agree, however I additionally suppose everybody has their very own methodology and is aware of what works greatest for them. If that’s the opposite actor’s method of working, then so be it.”
