Stephen Mangan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Theatre's a much less faddish, more sensible world than TV or film.”

“I can watch anything from 1970s West Coast rock to 1990s electro-funk - I don't care.”

“I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.”

“I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.”

“I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did.”

“I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.”

“I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.”

“My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.”

“I learnt a lot about how to negotiate the camera: everyone had told me an actor doesn't really need to do anything on screen, but I realised that wasn't true. If you do nothing, it's boring.”

“I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith... But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with are as important as the parts you play, and that there were lots of interesting people working in film and T.V.”