Simon Pegg
Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg is an English actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer. He co-wrote and starred in the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy of films: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World's End. He portrayed Benji Dunn in the Mission: Impossible film series and Montgomery Scott in Star Trekand Star Trek Into Darkness, and both starred in and co-wrote Star Trek Beyond...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth14 February 1970
CityBrockworth, England
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Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You don't look at each other on the subway.
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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.
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In England, we don't have any guns whatsoever.
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You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.
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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.
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I loved playing Shaun, he's not that different from me.
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The only spoof I think is the title, which was just we thought of very early on and it kind of stuck.
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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.
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We are never more creative than when we are at odds with the world and there is nothing so artistically destructive as comfort. Princess Leia taught me that.
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It wasn't until a year later, when a young woman with Danish pastries on either side of her head knelt down in front of a walking dustbin to record an important message, that love truly came to town." - p 16 [re: Princess Leia]