Pete is in a state of denial about the past, drinking, mental illness and what happens when he does not take his medication is all one big laugh to him.

On completion it was given an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification, a result which David Shrigley said he was proud of.

David Shrigley and Chris Shepherd talked for several years about making a film.

David Shrigley's 2003 book of the same title had a story which featured a narrative, a fictional autobiography which they realised was a perfect basis for a film.

[1] Who I am And What I Want was programmed alongside Farber's Nerve by Morgan Miller in the 2006 Manhattan Short Film Festival's world tour, which included 137 screenings across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe.

Pete: "I want to feel you breathing upon me, and I want to be water-soluble so that when I go water skiing and fall off I will dissolve before the sharks can eat me".

Pete: "I don't want to live with a herd of twats who are going to make me wear clothes and eat with a knife and fork.".