Author: Stephen Mangan

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I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.

I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.

- Stephen Mangan

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.

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.

- Stephen Mangan

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

Comedy is a very personal thing, and some people will find it funny, some people won't.

- Stephen Mangan

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.

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.

- Stephen Mangan

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.

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.

- Stephen Mangan

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

I thought the best route to being the great actor I wanted to be was to play the great classical parts.

- Stephen Mangan

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.

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.

- Stephen Mangan

My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.

My childhood was very gregarious, and I was usually surrounded by close family.

- Stephen Mangan

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