If you start to disrespect the character you're playing or play it too much for laughs that can work for a sketch it will sell some gags but it's all technique. It's like watching a juggler - you can be impressed by it but it's not going to touch you in any way.
Quotes By Steve Coogan
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I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in...
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But with comedy it's a simple premise. If it's funny people laugh. If it's...
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The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
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If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are...
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The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it...
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Actually bizarrely in America I get more appreciation from the odd...
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I have never wanted to be famous as such - fame is a by-product.
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I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we...
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I'm just attracted to playing people who are ostensible unlikable. That's not...
Quotes About Work
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My work always tried to unite the true with the beautiful but when I had to...
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Close your bodily eye that you may see your picture first with the eye of...
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So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work and there's life...
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Golf is good it means I get some fresh air and exercise take my mind off...
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I find it some of the hardest photography and the most challenging...
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You're basing your laws and your whole outlook on natural life on mythology....
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters in it human and otherwise are...
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We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the...