225 Quotes by Steve Coogan

I’m really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

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.

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.

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 have never wanted to be famous, as such – fame is a by-product.

I wasn’t a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

No one has a monopoly on wisdom, and even for people who aren’t religious, you can learn things from religious people.

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.

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