Steve Coogan Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.”

“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 you should get out of your system in your youth.”

“When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.”

“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 do what I do.”

“There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.”

“The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.”

“Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.”

“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 of reality.”

“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.”

“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.”