225 Quotes by Steve Coogan

I’m not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

If it was just the potatoes that were affected, at the end of the day you will pay the price if you’re a fussy eater.

I knew lots of Irish ladies in my life who would say daft things and then would just say something incredibly truthful in a very simple way with simple language – a few well chosen words that would take an intellectual five minutes to express. I like that.

What terrifies me is that I might somehow endorse that view so people think they don’t have to read books anymore.

I think it’s always funny when you see kids do Shakespeare.

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

I’m a huge fan of Jack Lemmon, he was someone who managed to tread that line between comedy and tragedy and sometimes give very big performances, but they were never over-demonstrative and they were never not based on a kind of real truthful human being.

Got my fungal foot powder? Ah, it’s a lifesaver, you know. I’d effectively be disabled if it weren’t for these.

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.