“I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose be...” — James May Quote

“I've never wanted to be on television for the sake of it, I suppose because I'm not one of life's natural presenters; I'm not an actor.”

“Jeremy can't do anything. I've never discovered anything he can do. I mean, he can drive a car round a track pretty well, but he wouldn't be able to light a fire.”

“Despite some of the stories that have gone around, I've never had a big, flouncey strop about how much I'm paid. Considering I have a pretty interesting life out of making telly, I'm really paid quite well for it. So I'm not complaining.”

“I don't want to do a film just for the sake of it.”

“I used to be nervous about not working and so would work for the sake of it.”

“You can't have a beauty scene for beauty's sake.”