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The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.
Steve Coogan
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Steve Coogan
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: October 14
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Stephen John Coogan
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The Church at its best is about empowering the disempowered and giving voice to the dispossessed and not putting a price on everything and not being about the bottom line and not worshipping the market or everything that is material.
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Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.
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I like the fact that people come together who have shared values, but I don't believe that a man died 2,000 years ago and was crucified on a cross to save me from my original sin.
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I don't think there's anything outside what comedy can address.
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I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.
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Most of all I don't want to be bored. That's why I'd rather do something that has some sort of ambition, that risks failing, rather than make safer, more comfortable choices.
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I woke with a start. At first I assumed I'd trumped myself awake again.
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All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve.
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I'm getting older , so I'm quieting down a bit.
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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.
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I love Sherlock Holmes. I've got all his books, leather-bound. What I thought was great about Sherlock Holmes was that not only was he a supersleuth, he was also a hard worker. Not only did he go out and solve the crimes, he came home and wrote it all down. Fantastic. That's why I admire him.
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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.
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I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm not Frank Bough, either. I am getting older and a bit more sensible. I'm not going to be popping up in dungeons every six months. If you catch me preaching fidelity while I am shagging chickens then throw the book at me. Otherwise, leave me alone.
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