Stephen Merchant Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“People think all fame is the same, but being on BBC Two from time to time does not make you Warren Beatty. I honestly can't impress that upon people enough.”

“Things don't get better when you become well known or go on TV. I'm just being rejected by a better class of women.”

“I suffered when I was in my late twenties and early thirties. I was awkward, I stuck out, I was nerdy.”

“I'm looking for a woman with the body of Kelly Brook and the mind of Stephen Fry.”

“I've always been a fan of physical comedy. It kind of hits you in a different way; it bypasses the intellect and hits you in the gut.”

“Maybe there's a sort of veneer of optimism about U.S. comedy, whereas perhaps in England, we don't mind ending it on a sourer note.”

“My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go.”

“I wish I could write 'Taxi Driver,' or 'Blue Velvet,' something brave, audacious, dramatic and dark. I don't know if I have the darkness in my own soul to be able to tap into it, unfortunately.”

“A lot of my comic influences are distinctly American: Woody Allen and Bob Hope, for example. They were always the underdogs who were using wit to sort of battle their way through. And it seems to me that a lot of contemporary U.S. comedies are shot through with losers. None of the characters in 'The Big Bang Theory,' for instance, are studs.”

“A lot of stand-up comedians are actually very insecure, and they come on slightly battling the audience. They want to be the superior person in the room, sneering at the world. That can be very funny. But to me, what's more interesting is that the world is on my shoulders, and it's pushing me down.”