Stephen Mangan quotes:
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I had an inspirational teacher at my junior school: Peter Nixon. He was enthusiastic, knowledgeable and slightly scary - a good combination for a teacher.
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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.
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I dont 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.
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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.
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There's always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
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My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.
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Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own vision of things.
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When I was 13, I won a scholarship to boarding school. My parents let me choose whether to go, and I decided I wanted to. Afterwards, I went to Cambridge to study law - in a way, I was carrying the academic hopes of my family, as Mum and Dad left school at 14.
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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.
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If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a moody folk singer, sitting on stools and being very depressing.
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When you've lost a loved one, you realise how grateful you are for any help in those moments, and any scheme that tries to help families during that terrible time gets my backing.
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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.
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My upbringing is so fundamentally different to my parents'. It must be strange to look at your child who not only speaks with a different accent but has a totally different view of the world.
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I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.
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Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people wont.
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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.
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I didn't know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didn't know any arty types.
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I didnt know any actors growing up. My dad was a builder, and we didnt know any arty types.
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I watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldnt dignify it with the term band - get together and play.
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I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.