Best Steve Coogan Sayings
- Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting. Always Slightly
- I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Been
- Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply… Me
- 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… Actor
- 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. Actor
- As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4. Costume
- Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort… Big
- But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't. Comedy
- Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes. Comedy
- Hacking into a victim of crime's phone is a sort of poetically elegant manifestation of a modus operandi the tabloids have. Crime
- 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. Aberration
- 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. Become Successful
- I don't go to premieres, unless I'm contractually bound to. Bound
- I don't like new bands. I don't want to be one of those pathetic old men in their forties who knows exactly what 18-year-olds are… Band
- I don't think I'm kind of universally known. I think in the indie world I'm probably better known than in some mainstream Hollywood terms. Better
- I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address. Address
- I find impressionists slightly annoying, really. Annoying
- I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end. Ditto
- I have never wanted to be famous, as such - fame is a by-product. Fame
- I like the transience of Klimt paintings. Inspirational
- I think it's always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. Always Funny
- If you do something very successful, you will then be defined by it. Defined
- People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting. Becomes
- What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing. Any
- Two thousand years ago, the Holy family had a ramble from Nazareth to Bethlehem - in much the same way as I'm having a ramble… Ago