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
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
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
But with comedy its a simple premise. If its funny, people laugh. If its not, they dont. – Steve Coogan
Sometimes, comics will make the observation that its not jokes that are funny, its characters that are funny. And isnt that true! Thats why I always kill jokes. Im terrible at them, because I get the joke right, but I cant get the character right, and it just goes down like a lead balloon. – David Mitchell