Steve Coogan Quotes

Everybody has parts of themselves that they're not 100% happy with - that's what makes you human. And being an actor, your job is to play human beings. Your job is to play real people.

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.

Nobody's perfect, and to try to pretend you're perfect is an exhausting fool's errand.

We all can relate to people's weaknesses. We might put up a facade that everything is perfect but none of us are. When we see that weakness in somebody else, we understand or give ourselves a little bit of leeway.

I want to be able to show people that I have flaws and they have flaws, too. And you know what that means? No one out there is perfect.

Embrace your vulnerability and celebrate your flaws; it will let you appreciate the world around you and make you more compassionate.

I guess you could say that no matter what the characters are enduring, I try to make them retain their humanity. Their self-absorbed, grouchy, selfish, aggravating humanity.

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone.

I'm no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don't possess any secret wisdom. I'm just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I'm highly emotional. I'm very vulnerable.

I'm very human.

I want people to learn from me, see I'm human, and understand that I make mistakes just like they do, but it doesn't have to consume you. You've got to walk through the raindrops, and that's totally what I am trying to do.

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

I am a man of many flaws and contradictions.

I don't want to sound self-righteous, and I don't want to act like I have it all put together.

I'm not a perfect person - far from it.

Flaws are really interesting.

I'm not trying to act like I'm Superman or better than anybody else in the game. I'm just telling my story, showing my strengths and weaknesses - as a human, as a person, as a man.

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.

People who are comfortable in their own skin I admire, but you don't know what's really going on. If you meet someone who says they nail being a human, they are as far away from nailing it as a human as you can possibly imagine.

I don't pretend to be perfect.

I am a human being, with feelings and emotions and scars and flaws, just like anyone else.

We are all living this dance and it is clearly fraught with making choices. Lots of my choices are bad and that's normal. None of us are attractive at all times. What is attractive to me is authenticity.

When I admit my own imperfections, it doesn't mean I am a bad person.

I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

I've learned that it's OK to be flawed.