Top 23 Quotes by Stephen Mangan

Theatre's a much less faddish, more sensible world than TV or film.

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

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.

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.

I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.

I enter myself in races. I did a triathlon, and I have done a marathon a couple of times.

I was in a lot of school plays, and it became the thing I did.

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 watch films. I play the guitar: me and some mates - I wouldn't dignify it with the term band - get together and play.

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.