Steve Coogan Quotes

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Steve Coogan

Profession : Comedian

Birth : October 14, 1965

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

Steve Coogan

I've always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy.

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Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.

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I find impressionists slightly annoying, really.

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What I don't like is dance music or hip hop or any of that sort of thing.

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Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.

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If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence.

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But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny, people laugh. If it's not, they don't.

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London audiences are tricky, too. They don't laugh as much as the Northern audiences because, and I hate to say this, they are a bit cleverer normally, and they are picking up on all the little details and listening more carefully.

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Actually, bizarrely, in America, I get more appreciation from the odd, unusual stuff I've done, almost because I'm not, if you like, famous in America as I am in England.

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If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused.

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There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

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Even great people are always slightly disappointing, which is generally what makes them interesting.

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When you tour you become more intimate with your audience. It's like I need reassurance that they like me or at least find me relevant. And that I can still do it.

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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.

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

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I happen to have a public profile. Ditto newspaper editors. It's a result of what I do, not an end.

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I want my work to be judged, not me.

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I don't go to premieres, unless I'm contractually bound to.

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I don't think I'm kind of universally known. I think in the indie world I'm probably better known than in some mainstream Hollywood terms.

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