When I see friends from school I think they’ve all grown old and I’ve stayed the same. Steve Coogan Read Quote
When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth. Steve Coogan Read Quote
When you see a crowd of people jumping up and down at a pop concert, all gloriously in the moment, I don’t think you’ll ever see a comedian there. They’ll all be standing at the sides, looking at how it all fits together. Steve Coogan Read Quote
As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It’s like hearing drama on Radio 4. Steve Coogan Read Quote
I’ve always been drawn to discomfort and that limbo of unease you get between comedy and tragedy. Steve Coogan Read Quote
I am of the very last generation who didn’t have computers at school. As we grow old we’ll become something of an aberration. Steve Coogan Read Quote
Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes. Steve Coogan Read Quote
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. Steve Coogan Read Quote
The tabloids operate in an amoral parallel universe where the bottom line is selling newspapers. Steve Coogan Read Quote
