Simon Pegg Quotes

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.

There is a universality to comedy.

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

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

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?

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

Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

It was like an awakening. - speaking about seeing Star Wars (1977) for the first time as a child.

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

I just love listening to the laughter.

I loved playing Shaun, he`s not that different from me

I loved playing Shaun, he`s not that different from me.

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.

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.

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

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.

I once showed a holiday video to my entire family and forgot there was a point where I flashed. I only realized about one second before it happened and couldn`t get to the remote in time to stop them all from seeing me pull down my trousers and reveal myself. My sister screamed and my mum said, `Ooh, that`s changed.`

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

American audiences tend to be more expressive than British ones.

Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever.

I don`t know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.

You know what, despite my complaints about Phantom Menace and Episode 2, when Episode 3 comes out I`ll be first in line. I genuinely love it.

The main jokes in this film are about big things, love and life and zombies - we all get that.

We wanted the humor to happen as a result of the zombies, you know? Like the humor being a result of their presence, rather than them being funny.

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.

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.

(shaun of the dead)I wrote Spaced with Jessica Stevenson, who plays Yvonne in the film - who is our savior that comes and gets us at the end.

You don`t look at each other on the subway.

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

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.

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.

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?

As a certain kind of threat, as monsters from the id, they`re more affective as aggressive killing machines, but I think the whole point of the zombie as Romero framed it was that it`s us. They`re like larva. They just keep coming.

But I think there`s plenty of British comedy that Americans have never seen that they would like but sometimes things just get through.

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.

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.

In England, we don`t have any guns whatsoever.

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

In England, we don`t have any guns whatsoever.

I don`t know about doing a sequel. I think you can retroactively damage a product by adding to it.

Both me and Edgar are firm believers in never underestimating or talking down to an audience, and giving an audience something to do, to give them something which is entirely up to them to enter into the film and find these hidden things and whatever.

I just love listening to the laughter

Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it.

I used to lie in bed in my flat and imagine what would happen if there was a zombie attack.

But I think there`s plenty of British comedy that Americans have never seen that they would like but sometimes things just get through.

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.

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

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.