The important thing is not to be defined by what others think of you. Steve Coogan More Quotes by Steve Coogan More Quotes From Steve Coogan Two thousand years ago, the Holy family had a ramble from Nazareth to Bethlehem - in much the same way as I'm having a ramble from Norwich to Swaffham. Although I'm not comparing myself to Jesus - I don't want to get bogged down in that whole controversy again. Steve Coogan christmasyearsjesus Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun. Steve Coogan actorsfunintegrity I think I'm good with actors. I like directing actors. I also like to show up and just do an acting gig. Where I'm just a hired gun, I don't have to have an opinion on anything.I never got involved in all this stuff because I wanted to control stuff; I got involved in writing and producing because I wasn't getting interesting acting gigs. In a way I'm grateful that I didn't get interesting roles, because it made me pull my finger out and do some work. Steve Coogan gratefulgunwriting The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny. Steve Coogan oddswritingtwo I'm just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That's not to say that there's something in there that makes you care. It might be that you just find them so awful that you just can't stop watching, like a car crash. Steve Coogan carmightpeople People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting. Steve Coogan clichepeopleinteresting A friend of mine once said he like his women like his parmesan: strong smelling and shaved. I don't agree with that, but I don't like hairy women. Steve Coogan strongsaidfunny Hacking into a victim of crime's phone is a sort of poetically elegant manifestation of a modus operandi the tabloids have. Steve Coogan hackingtabloidsphones I love people who are openly gay in theatre, because they have license to do what they like, and there's a kind of artistic liberal tolerance thing that goes on. Steve Coogan tolerancegaypeople Two fat ladies, 88! Not that you'd find these ladies at a bingo hall, of course... they're altogether a higher class of fat lady. Steve Coogan classfunnytwo I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again. Steve Coogan awakefunnyfirsts Convoy? Michael, you're hanging around with a man who uses a collective term for a single vehicle. Steve Coogan usemenfunny I am lucky to be in a profession that is not age dependent. Steve Coogan professionluckyage All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve. Steve Coogan nervesfunnypeople Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell. Steve Coogan differentfunnyfather 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. Steve Coogan paragonvirtueinterest I think we all have a slightly gay gene inside us, don't we? It might be 0.00001 per cent as mine is, or one per cent as yours is. Steve Coogan gaymightthinking I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person. Steve Coogan outgoingpersons I want my work to be judged, not me. Steve Coogan judgedwant 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. Steve Coogan skillscollegeclass
