Stephen Mangan Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 22, 1972

Topics

HomeSchoolEyeIrishAlwaysCome

Nobody could have predicted the effect of John Bonham's drum introduction on 'Good Times, Bad Times,' because no matter what he'd played in before, he'd never had the chance to flex his muscles and play like John Bonham.

Jimmy Page

GoodGood TimesChanceBadPlay

In martial arts, every time you graduate, move to another level, you don't forget everything you've done. You build on it, but it's always there.

Melody Beattie

TimeYouDoneForgetBuildAlways

Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of.

Stephen Hawking

LifeWarThoughtEarthRiskOut

Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds.

Trombone Shorty

GuitarRockSoundsFavourite

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

Robert Burns

FriendWorldWithoutUsBeforeWide

We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.

Mary McDonnell

OpportunityPeopleFactsKnowNever

You don't think about the cold weather. I'm just going to go out and play ball, do the best I can, and hope the team wins.

Mickey Rivers

HopeBestTeamWeatherColdThink

I talked to Marvel about 'Thor' at one point, but I didn't want to do Thor. It wasn't something I read growing up, really; it wasn't one of the books I loved.

Louis Leterrier

Growing UpLovedGrowingWantUp

Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.

Dee Hock

CreativitySpaceMindWillEmpty

I love, in movies, when you feel and you understand the past of the character without it being said or having a flashback or something that explains. I think, in 'Prisoners,' we need to understand that Loki's character's past was not first class. He was not the first in his class.

Denis Villeneuve

LoveCharacterPastThinkFeelYou

Art is one of the prime ways we have of opening ourselves and going beyond ourselves. That's what art is: it's the product of the human being in the world and imagination, all coming together.

Ali Smith

ArtTogetherImaginationWorldHuman

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

Syd Barrett

TimeGuitarMirrorsSilverNever

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