A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

Actors

• Peter Bach (actor)
• Rob Brydon (actor)
• Rob Brydon (actor)
• Damon Caliendo (actor)
• Andy Callaghan (actor)
• Steve Coogan (actor)
• Steve Coogan (actor)
• Steve Coogan (actor)
• James Fleet (actor)
• Stephen Fry (actor)
• Stephen Fry (actor)
• Mark Hadfield (actor)
• Ian Hart (actor)
• Paul Kynman (actor)
• Roger Allam (actor)

Genres

• Comedy
• Drama

Taglines:

Because everyone loves an accurate period piece.
He's About To Play The Role Of His Life.

Quotes:

Jennie: 'Fear Eats The Soul,' there's more truth in that title than most whole films.

Tony Wilson: Why "Tristram Shandy"? This is the book that many people said is unfilmable.::Steve Coogan: I think that's the attraction. "Tristram Shandy" was a post-modern classic written before there was any modernism to be post about. So it was way ahead of its time and, in fact, for those who haven't heard of it, it was actually listed as number eight on the Observer's top 100 books of all time.::Tony Wilson: That was a *chronological* list.

Rob Brydon: [Rob shows Steve his teeth] What do you think? Have a look at the color.::Steve Coogan: I saw the color the last time I looked. It registered.::Rob Brydon: It's what they call "not white." What color would you call it?::Steve Coogan: I would, I'd concur with "not white." I'd go further.::Rob Brydon: I mean, it's not yellow.::Steve Coogan: I, you know, I mean, there's a sliding scale, isn't there, you know.::Rob Brydon: Hint of yellow.::Steve Coogan: I think you're closest to...::Rob Brydon: Barley meadow. Tuscan sunset.::Steve Coogan: You're getting laughs, but it's not making your teeth look any better.

Steve Coogan: [Steve is hanging upside down in the model womb] How about filming the other way around, the right way up, and then just flip the image?::Leo: Well, maybe, but I'd have to have a word with Mark about that. I mean, I think he wanted the realism.::Steve Coogan: He wants realism?::Leo: Yeah.::Steve Coogan: Yeah, I'm a grown man, talking to the camera, in a fucking womb!

Steve Coogan: Do you know there's a good Groucho Marx story about, see, he meets a woman with seven children and says "Why've you got seven kids?" and she says "Because I love my husband." And he says, "Well, I love my cigar, but I take it out now and again."

Steve Coogan: Given that the story's about Walter's love for his son, I really think that Walter should be there at the birth.::Joe: It's the 18th Century. Men just didn't do that. You're a 21st Century man, but Walter can't be.::Steve Coogan: He talks to the fucking camera. He can be emotional. If you saw Walter for an instant holding the baby in his arms, then you would forgive him all his flaws.::Joe: Yeah, but it would look terrible. It'd be like the scene in Robin Hood where Kevin Costner delivers a baby.::Steve Coogan: Because he's got a stupid mullet haircut.

Rob Brydon: [Rob shows Steve his teeth] What do you think? I've had them done.::Steve Coogan: I know you have.::Rob Brydon: What do you think? Feel that one. There's no crevice. Feel it.::Steve Coogan: Don't ask me to feel your teeth.::Rob Brydon: Just close your eyes and feel it.::Steve Coogan: No. It's your fucking teeth. Christ!::Rob Brydon: What is the matter with you? You've got such a thing about, whenever there's a hint of something gay, you immediately...::Steve Coogan: What? This has nothing to do with "gay". I'm very cautious.::Rob Brydon: That's what it is. You don't want to touch another man's teeth, because you're worried you might be attracted to me. Just touch my teeth.

Steve Coogan: I've got to be able to kick and stretch. That's what foeti do.::Leo: Yeah, but not when they're full term.::Steve Coogan: He wants realism. Yeah. I'm a grown man, talking to the camera, in a womb.

Rob Brydon: The thing is, I can't act...::Steve Coogan: I know that.::Rob Brydon: ...with Gillian Anderson. I have a sexual thing for Gillian Anderson.

Tristram Shandy: That is a child actor, pretending to be me. I'll be able to play myself later. I think I could probably get away with being eighteen, nineteen. Until then, I'll be played by a series of child actors. This was the best of a bad bunch.

Brydon, Rob Filmography

• The Trip to Italy
  2014, role: actor , character name: Rob
• Gangsta Granny
  2013, role: actor , character name: Mr. Parker
• Metegol
  2013, role: actor , character name: Rico
• The One and Only Des O'Connor
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Best of Men
  2012, role: actor , character name: Corporal Wynne Bowen
• The Diamond Jubilee Concert
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Shakin' Stevens: The Remarkable Career of Michael Barratt
  2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• Room on the Broom
  2012, role: actor , character name: Cat
• Steve Coogan Hates Twitter
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Gruffalo's Child
  2011, role: actor , character name: Snake
• Almost Famous IV
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Comedy Britain
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The British Comedy Awards 2011
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• QI Genesis
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
  2011, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The One Ronnie
  2010, role: actor , character name: Church Lady
• Freddi
  2010, role: miscellaneous crew
• Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Gavin and Stacey: The Out-Takes
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Freddi
  2010, role: actor , character name: Salenko
• Almost Famous III
  2010, role: actor
• The One Ronnie
  2010, role: actor , character name: Dr. Frankenstein
• The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
  2010, role: actor , character name: Himself - Contestant
• The Trip
  2010, role: actor , character name: Rob
• Rob's Road Cam
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Comic Relief 2009
  2009, role: actor , character name: Bryn
• Rob Brydon: Live
  2009, role: writer
• It's Hal Out There
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• The Gruffalo
  2009, role: actor , character name: Snake
• Almost Famous II
  2009, role: actor
• Rob Brydon: Live
  2009, role: producer
• LifeSpam: My Child Is French
  2009, role: producer
• Rob on Tour
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Steve Coogan Live: As Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters
  2009, role: actor , character name: Partridge Intro VT
• Rob Brydon: Live
  2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Identity Crisis
  2008, role: producer
• Ruth & James: The Story of Series 2
  2008, role: actor , character name: Bryn
• An Audience with Neil Diamond
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Audience Member
• Identity Crisis
  2008, role: writer
• The Saint & the Hanged Man
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• Identity Crisis
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Presenter
• Humphrey Lyttelton: The Jazz Musicians' Jazz Musician
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Gavin & Stacey: 12 Days of Christmas
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Bond on Location
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Narrator
• The British Academy Television Awards
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Empire Movie Awards 2008
  2008, role: actor , character name: Himself - Host
• The Big Fat Quiz of the Year
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself - Contestant
• Oliver Twist
  2007, role: actor , character name: Mr Fang
• 'Gavin & Stacey': How It Happened
  2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
• Pass It On: Coaching Skills for Managers
  2007, role: actor , character name: Bill