Steve Coogan Quotes
I'm a single guy now and can do what I like. As my agent said, so long as it's not a live man or a dead woman, I'll be fine. And that, hand on heart, is unlikely to happen.
I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.
The one thing that gives you faith is the fact that people can be apart physically but they can still have an emotional connection.
That's what gives people hope - that you can still love someone from afar and you can still have those feelings across an ocean.
There is a strong ethical dimension to the best comedy. Not only does it avoid reinforcing prejudices, it actively challenges them.
The rest of Europe tends to be very comfortable with sexuality. The British and the Americans are kind of hung up about it.
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.
The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the 19th century.
Big comedy is good, I like things that are big, but good comedy has to be truthful I think and has to reflect some sort of reality.
Knowing about comedy has helped me with the drama. To see people laugh, it's like there are moments of catharsis in the middle of sadness.
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.
Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.
Look at all those American preachers who got caught with their pants down. They say one thing and they are doing another. I try to be more honest about it, both in my thinking and my behavior.
I try to not make safe choices, but I also like to do stuff which is interesting and is sort of exciting in some way and accessible.
I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.
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.
I'm not turned away from the church through anger, although I have criticisms of it. It's through finding affirmation of life and illumination of life through creativity and art.
I think there's as much profundity and wisdom in Shakespeare, more so in fact, than those in the Bible.
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers.
I like the fact that people come together who have shared values, but I don't believe that a man died 2,000 years ago and was crucified on a cross to save me from my original sin.
I always think that, even when people behave badly, if you like something deep inside them, then there is a tiny bit of nobility - they wish they could be good.
I don't want to go around making everyone else agree with me. I don't feel the need to do that.
The irony is, of course, that many of the values that I was raised with, that I think are very important, that I hold dear, are the result of a religious faith.
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.
Even if I screw up in my personal life, as long as I'm not destroying myself, I just think, "Okay, I screwed up." I'm not Mother Theresa.
All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve.
Got my fungal foot powder? Ah, it's a lifesaver, you know. I'd effectively be disabled if it weren't for these.
What tends to happen in most movies is that strip clubs are used as a short hand for unsympathetic, sleazy people. And that's just a lazy cliché.
