Steve Coogan Quotes & Sayings

“If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.”

“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 some gags, but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it, but it's not going to touch you in any way.”

“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 being funny.”

“I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Making people laugh one moment and the next making them feel really uncomfortable.”

“Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.”

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Yeah, all drama teachers are very effusive, very demonstrative, very emotionally open, very big, and gesticulate a lot, and are very physical.”