Steve Coogan Quotes

There's something quite joyful about doing comedy which doesn't really need much analysis. I'm not elitist. I like to do crowd-pleasing stuff which is a bit smart, but is just about belly laughs.

I guess I prefer the laughs. I couldn't do a whole set of just shocks, but I like throwing a fastball inside every now and then to keep people on their toes.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

People want to be amused, not preached at, you know. Morals don't sell nowadays.

I don't know if I change my act from century to century. Sometimes I'm onstage doing imitations and references to people who have been dead for 50 years.

The Howard Stern Show is a big hit because it entertains dumb and smart people at the same time for different reasons.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.

My act's not heavy on pop culture or stories, just lots of jokes.

I think that 'Family Guy' is hysterical. It's edgy and hip - and they can do whatever they want to do because it's animated and they're not limited by budget.

If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute - I've got to have them.

When you set out to really entertain adults as well as kids, your audience is basically anybody who is breathing.

I just say what I think is the funniest thing I could say. I'm not trying to make headlines. I'm just trying to say the stuff that I think is funny and will make people laugh.

I love 'Last Call.' It took me a little bit to figure out that I wasn't going to be that guy in a suit telling monologue jokes.

I don't think of myself as funny - I don't fill up a room with my humor... I would fail miserably as a stand-up comedian.

What I really enjoy the most is seeing what the crowd likes. I enjoy making people laugh.

I'm drawn to the funny brand of comedy.

What we've discovered is that Americans seem to love our saucy humor.

I do enjoy Dennis Miller, I do enjoy Chris Rock when they do their political humor, but it's never been my goal... I love relatable humor.

I think I could have a funnier, more economic sets. But that's the comedy I do. And I understand if people aren't interested in it and would rather listen to someone else. But I'll never understand the anger people have toward me.

Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.

I have a very high respect for professional comedians. What they do astonishes me. You have to be really smart and absorb everything, repackage it, bring it back to the person, and make them laugh at themselves. I can make people laugh during my talks because they didn't come to have me make them laugh. It's added value. So my job is way easier than that of a professional comic.

Shall I crack any of those old jokes, master, At which the audience never fail to laugh?

I make people laugh hard; I'm a comic, that's just the way it is. And I make them laugh because I'm funny, not because I'm filthy. The subject matter is dirty, but the pictures I paint are really funny. A lot of comics don't understand that that's what it's about. It's just, "I'll be dirty and they'll laugh." Nobody's becoming a superstar that way.

I've been in theaters. Like Brian Regan, who I love - loved him so much more when he did the Improvs. And then in a big theater - nobody's that good.

Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist.