Is life worse now hes off the booze? Does he think the Queen has ever done an Alan Partridge impression? And will his new autobiography open ‘a Pandora’s box of worms’? Zoe Williams puts your questions to Steve CooganWe meet in Fulham,Coogan looking lean and clean-living, quietly amused; he looks to me throughout like a person thinking five funny things at any given moment, and which he wouldn’t dream of saying because they’re too offensive. “It has taken me a long time,” he says at one point, “to arrive at a place right now. I’m really gratified. I’m able to effect things where I can express myself, or effect things I care approximately,have substance, and acquire them accessible. I don’t want to effect esoteric, and self-indulgent bollocks,I want to talk approximately important things, sincerely, and in an entertaining way. He pauses. It seems like “that’s nice” would be the improper thing to say,yet it’s the only thing in my head. “The hardest thing to effect,” he continues after a bit, and “is to say something honest and then pause speaking and accept the awkward silence.”You made a campaign video for Labour in the escape up to the general election. What is your catch on the Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon and what effect you think Labour needs to effect to regain power in 2020? (Marc)Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com