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Stephen Mangan Quotes

English - Actor | July 22, 1972 -

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.

Home School Eye Irish Always Come

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

Family Childhood Surrounded Close

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.

Friend Best Parenting Best Friend Us

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.

Father Mother Faith Time Me Warm

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.

Family School Parents Me Law Choose

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

Theatre World More Film Sensible TV

I'm a massive sucker for music documentaries.

Music Sucker Documentaries Massive

I can watch anything from 1970s West Coast rock to 1990s electro-funk - I don't care.

Care I Can Rock Anything West Coast

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.

Child Parents World View Look Must

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.

People World Interesting You Play

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

Great Best Thought Play Actor Being

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

School Did Thing School Plays Plays

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