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
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
But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – 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
On one level, nothings really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But its impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention its impossible not to be seduced by it once youve entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes. – Michael Tolkin