Best Steve Coogan Quotes
- 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… Bad
- 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… Accessible
- 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… All
- When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that… Ambitious
- When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same. All
- I'm getting older , so I'm quieting down a bit. Bit
- The truth is somewhere in the middle of funny and serious. Funny
- When Americans talks about Europeans, they are thinking Britain and the rest of Europe. When we [ Britains] talk about Europeans, we talk about everywhere… Americans
- Look at the 18th century. There was a lot more freedom going on. Century
- The rest of Europe tends to be very comfortable with sexuality. The British and the Americans are kind of hung up about it. Americans
- The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the… Attitude
- The British often shy away from any cinematic interpretation of real sex. They sometimes have what I call "subtle sex," which is really introspective and… Any
- There are conservative values where certain lifestyles are imposed and everybody should have 2.4 children and a dog and a cat and a house and… Any
- I like to do movies that provoke rather than reinforce conservative values. Conservative
- What tends to happen in most movies is that strip clubs are used as a short hand for unsympathetic, sleazy people. And that's just a… Clich
- A woman wearing a revealing dress will always be sexier than a naked woman. Dress
- When it comes to morality, I'd rather have an unfaithful president like Bill Clinton, who tried to reform welfare, than a faithful George Bush who… Bill
- Depending on which side of the fence you're on, you could argue that the sexual liberation of the late '60s, led to women being emancipated… Argue
- There were days when we used to say, what was in today's paper is tomorrow's fish-and-chip paper.When I became successful, I enjoyed myself a little. Became
- It's like aversion therapy. You keep doing scenes over and over again with three women in the bed with you, and we had to do… All
- I don't apologize for my behavior anymore. Whatever I do or don't do shouldn't matter. Moral certainty is dangerous. Moral certainty is what makes people… Any
- Look at all those American preachers who got caught with their pants down. They say one thing and they are doing another. I try to… All
- If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you. Chase
- If you start to disrespect the character you're playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell… All
- The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not… Find