My dad was a master butcher and I trained to be a butcher when I left school. I didn’t enjoy it at the time but I love cooking now, so perhaps I would have been a chef. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
I would have loved to have been a footballer like my great uncle Matt Busby, but I knew quite early on that I wasn’t going to make the grade. Luckily I was told by the age of 13 that I wasn’t good enough. That’s not a bad thing. You see this ‘X Factor’ generation of kids now who don’t accept that they’re not good enough. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
I think with Sky and BBC Three and Channel 4, there are some great television platforms, and the stand-up movement in this country is phenomenal. It’s like rock n’ roll here. Britain’s a funny place and there’s a lot of funny people coming out of there and a lot of people are finding mediums to express themselves. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
You can’t be a casual observer of something humorous – you have to engage, you have to find it funny for the relationship between actor and audience to work. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
I think great humor lies in playing the truth of a situation. I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
I see myself as a performer and that applies to a Greek drama or a modern comedy. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
I’m going to be 50 soon. I’m single, I’m looking for something meaningful. By the time you’ve been single for quite a long time, you can get quite specific about what you can and can’t put up with. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
It’s not something that’s at the forefront of my mind, but I think I’d regret it if I didn’t have children. Brendan Coyle Read Quote
When I was in my 30s, I was at the end of a long-term relationship and going through a very hard time. I’d had about 15 different addresses and a series of relationships. I thought, ‘It’s time to have a look at yourself.’ Brendan Coyle Read Quote
