Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about film, things, contentment
Quotes by Simon Pegg
40 quotes by Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg - british comedian
Life period: 1970
American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about americans
And also, isn't the root of the word zombie from somnambulist, which means sleepwalker. By the very running immediately stops them from being zombies.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about word, being
Because once the word got out that we were making Shaun of the Dead, we didn't want people to think we were backtracking or changing our minds.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about world, word, people
But I think there's plenty of British comedy that Americans have never seen that they would like but sometimes things just get through.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about comedy, americans, things
But Shaun Of The Dead was the first thing that Edgar and myself had written together.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about things
Chris Martin's a good friend of mine. I'm actually Apple's godfather. He's an old friend and we've been mates for quite a few years now.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about opinion, old, olderness, good, good luck
Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about childhood, honour
Every person should have their escape route planned. I think everyone has an apocalypse fantasy, what would I do in the event of the end of the world, and we just basically me and Nick said what would we do, where would we head.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about apocalypse, events, heads, people, end, world
I always loved horror and that's sort of the reason we decided to make the film. We were nourished on those sorts of films, so it was a labor of love.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about love, reason, film
I don't know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about contentment
I mean, yeah, I'm sure that Python and the other things have paved the way for a greater understanding of the British sense of humor, but I don't think it's all that different than the American sense of humor.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about humor, common sense, sense, americans, things
I think at its best the American sense of humor is the same as the British sense of humor at its best, which is to be wry and ironic and self deprecating.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about humor, common sense, sense, self-control, americans
I think that the joke and the ghost story both have a similar set up in that you kind of set something up and pay it off with a laugh or a scare.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about opinion, joke, contentment
I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack
SQuote by Simon Pegg about lie, attack
I wrote Spaced with Jessica Stevenson, who plays Yvonne in the film who is our savior that comes and gets us at the end.
SQuote by Simon Pegg about film, end
