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
But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – Steve Coogan
I have never wanted to be famous, as such – fame is a by-product. – 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
Once you become successful, people know where you live, the type of house you live in, the kind of car you drive, the clothes you wear, and so it would be patronising to go and talk like a welder. Weldings a mystery to me now. You cant go back, your life changes every day. – Billy Connolly