United Kingdom, Jan. 24 -- Steve Coogan thinks being "laser-focused" is key to success.

The 60-year-old comedian plays former Irish soccer coach Mick McCarthy, who was born in England, in his new film Saipan, and Steve has heaped praise on Roy Keane, who captained McCarthy's team before a dramatic falling out before the World Cup in 2002.

Reflecting on Keane's falling out with his coach, Steve told Sky News: "I think he was not bothered about whether people personally liked him. It was about whether he was achieving what he was supposed to do. And that is so laser-focused and you need people like that to achieve great things.

"And often people who achieve great things are very wanting in other areas because everything is subsumed by th...