Steve Coogan Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“I try to not make safe choices, but I also like to do stuff which is interesting and is sort of exciting in some way and accessible.”

“I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I knew I had this skill.”

“I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.”

“I'm an entertainer. I don't go round saying I'm a paragon of virtue, so that is clearly not in the public interest.”

“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.”

“My father worked for IBM. My mother raised us kids. There were six of us, and a couple of extra foster kids at any given time.”

“The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.”

“What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.”

“Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.”

“I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.”