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Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.
I always find it easier to portray myself as being unlikeable and idiotic; to actually play a character that is likeable and engages the audience is far more difficult. It's a more subtle kind of challenge.
As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.
I don't want to be someone who's trying to spin this public image of me. I have had some ... (more Steve Coogan quotes)
English actor whose versatile character portrayals, range of voices and gift for mimicry have earned him comparisons with the late Peter Sellers.
Has worked on BBC radio.
Trained as an actor at Manchester Polytechnic School of Theatre.
Based the character of Alan Partridge on a radio presenter who interviewed him just as he was becoming famous. Coogan began mimicking the interviewer during the interview and from this came the inspiration for C... (more Steve Coogan trivia)
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