Steve Coogan – Quotes Crazy

If you start to disrespect the character youre playing, or play it too much for laughs, that can work for a sketch, it will sell some gags, but its all technique. Its like watching a juggler – you can be impressed by it, but its not going to touch you in any way. – Steve Coogan

I think its always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare. – Steve Coogan

But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – Steve Coogan

If you are a great dramatic actor then you often dont know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence. But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – Steve Coogan

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, youve immediately halved the odds of it not being funny. – Steve Coogan

Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff Ive done, almost because Im not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England. – Steve Coogan

I am of the very last generation who didnt have computers at school. As we grow old well become something of an aberration. – Steve Coogan

Im just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. Thats not to say that theres something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just cant stop watching, like a car crash. – Steve Coogan

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. – Steve Coogan

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy. – Steve Coogan

I have never wanted to be famous, as such – fame is a by-product. – Steve Coogan