Quotes by Simon Pegg, page 2

Simon Pegg - british comedian

Life period: 1970

It's the very British thing of reserve and keeping everything shut in, that's what people do with their emotions, shut the curtains on them.

Quote by Simon Pegg about emotions, things, people

People are constantly just spoon fed mindless rubbish because it's easy to just sit there like a zombie and consume it.

Quote by Simon Pegg about people

That's what we wanted to get across in that moment, particularly when Shaun goes to the shop when he's all hung over. He doesn't notice any of the zombies around him just because he never had before, so why should he at that point.

Quote by Simon Pegg about moment

The last time I played a bad guy was in Black Books and it is always fun to play a bad guy, particularly if they are really smilingly nasty.

Quote by Simon Pegg about time, bad luck, bad, magic, books

The only spoof I think is the title, which was just we thought of very early on and it kind of stuck.

Quote by Simon Pegg about thinking

The simple fact is that what you see on the screen is pretty much real.

Quote by Simon Pegg about real estate

The whole point is that in London, the way people are, they're just very insular and no one ever looks at each other.

Quote by Simon Pegg about city, people

There are a lot of visual marks that have to be hit, and lines that need to be said in a right way so there wasn't really any improvisation on the set when it came to the bulk of the script.

Quote by Simon Pegg about need, rightness

There are actually quite high profile British TV star cameos in it that you probably wouldn't even notice, that the British wouldn't even notice, let alone the American audience.

Quote by Simon Pegg about celebrity, americans

There is a universality to comedy.

Quote by Simon Pegg about comedy

There's this thing of you can live in a city and be completely alone, not notice anything going on around you.

Quote by Simon Pegg about life, city, things

We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed.

Quote by Simon Pegg about film, rightness

We suddenly saw how people reacted in the event of massive social upheaval, and the way that the little problems in your life don't go away. You don't stop being frightened of spiders just because the world's blown up.

Quote by Simon Pegg about life, events, problems, being, world, people

We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly we work with them to rectify that.

Quote by Simon Pegg about work, character, things

We work with the actors in rehearsal for months before we start shooting to get the words comfortable in their mind.

Quote by Simon Pegg about work, actors, word, mind

You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.

Quote by Simon Pegg about film, worry

You don't look at each other on the subway.

You look at shows like The Simpsons or Larry Sanders or Curb Your Enthusiasm or Seinfeld, they're really sophisticated shows that we all love back home.

Quote by Simon Pegg about enthusiasm, home, love

Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning.

Quote by Simon Pegg about instinct

Humour is the weapon of unarmed people: it helps people who are oppressed to smile at the situation that pains them.

Quote by Simon Pegg about humor, smile, people