Words matter. These are the best Stephen Mangan Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Theatre’s a much less faddish, more sensible world than TV or film.
I can watch anything from 1970s West Coast rock to 1990s electro-funk – I don’t care.
I’m a massive sucker for music documentaries.
I didn’t know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn’t know any arty types.
My mother was gentle and warm. She was the sort of person you could really open up to. I was the eldest and her only boy, so I guess I was treated differently. She did bring me up as a Catholic, and at one time I was an altar boy, but I lost my faith, as did my father, when my mother died at 45.
Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won’t.
I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.
I don’t like to watch myself on screen because in my mind there is a touch of George Clooney about me, but when I see it, there is more than a little Donkey from ‘Shrek’ about me.
I spent six years touring the world playing Shakespeare, Molire, Shaw, Goldsmith… But I slowly came to realise that the people you are working with are as important as the parts you play, and that there were lots of interesting people working in film and T.V.
I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.
My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.
I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
I come from an Irish working-class background but went to a posh school, and any type of pretension was quickly mocked at home. I’ve always had a keen eye for pretension.
Dad was a strict disciplinarian and would give us a wallop with a wooden spoon if we were out of order. But we really respected him – he didn’t try to be our best friend.
I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates – I wouldn’t dignify it with the term band – get together and play.