Steve Coogan quotes - page 2

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success. (Steve Coogan)

I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end.

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Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

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If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it.

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As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

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There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.

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I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product.

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Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.

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Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

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Hacking into a victim of crime's phone is a sort of poetically elegant manifestation of a modus operandi the tabloids have. (Steve Coogan)

I try to not make safe choices, but I also like to do stuff which is interesting and is sort of exciting in some way and accessible.

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I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.

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I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I knew I had this skill.

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I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

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I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.

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I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

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But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

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I don't go to premieres, unless I'm contractually bound to.

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When you see a crowd of people jumping up and down at a pop concert, all gloriously in the moment, I don't think you'll ever see a comedian there. They'll all be standing at the sides, looking at how it all fits together. (Steve Coogan)

When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

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I don't like comedy that I think is bad comedy, where people are trying to be sick for the sake of it, where there's no intellectual point behind it. I like stuff that's got an underlying point of view.

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London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.

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When you tour you become more intimate with your audience. It's like I need reassurance that they like me or at least find me relevant. And that I can still do it.

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Occupation: English Actor
Born: October 14, 1965
Quotes count: 50
Wikipedia: Steve Coogan

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