(on Strange's motivations). Richard: So he's quite a gentle guy. A wounded soul, I think, is the best description. He's got quite a lot of physical and emotional darkness about him.
(on his first meeting with Dean Lennox Kelly). Richard: We first met in a dank locker room at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. I was surrounded by a lot of hairy arses and I noticed this guy with a lot of hair everywhere except his arse - and that was Dean. He came over and made some wisecrack about me looking like Leo Sayer, and I thought: "Aye aye, I'd better keep an eye on this guy." He was loud and hairy, but he had a certain charm about him.
(on Jeff in "Coupling"). Richard Coyle: I have a lot of fun with the role. It really is silly. I play such a weirdo. I like that, because I think I’m a bit of a geek as well. Jeff is a pubescent boy trapped inside the body of a man, still obsessed about his relationship with his mother.
(on getting together with his wife on the set of "Up Rising") Richard: We played a couple who get together at the same time that we got together in real life. It's great. Whenever we need a potted history of our relationship, we have something to watch on the video.
(on his late father). Richard Coyle: He died just when I started filming "Coupling", and I really wished he’d been able to see "Dalziel and Pascoe" which I told him I was going to be doing. That was the moment when he thought his son was going to be all right. That series was something he recognised.
(on playing Jeff in "Coupling"). Richard Coyle: All of us have that child inside us, and I can let that out when I play Jeff.
(Richard on playing "Strange"). Richard Coyle: Just that it was different. It’s very dark and I love dark things anyway. There are sinister undertones, things that are disturbing, and I found all of those when I read the script. And I hadn’t seen anything else like this so that’s really why I wanted to do it. I enjoy doing science fiction and I haven’t had a chance to do a great deal.
(Richard on working with Ian Richardson). Richard Coyle: They are the best parts of the job, to get to work with people like that, people you've admired for years. He's brilliant to watch and you just learn so much from people like Ian.
He married Georgia Mackenzie in August 2004
Coyle's father died in May 2000, shortly before the first episode of "Coupling" was to be broadcast.
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