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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

Stephen Fry

Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
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It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
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There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don’t offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.
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Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
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I shouldn’t be saying this – high treason, really – but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there.
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No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor it’s always the thing that you look for. He is someone who starts off bright, cheerful and confident and then has everything taken away from him. It’s a wonderful journey to take.
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I think the fact that I’m so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn’t be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman – I’ll kiss a frog if you like.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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My father was all brain and little heart.
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Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word’s full octave.
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Having been an actor and a writer for so long – 20 years or so – I felt that it would be daft to go to one’s grave without having directed. It’s a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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To be human and to be adult means constantly to be in the grip of opposing emotions, to have daily to reconcile apparently conflicting tensions. I want this, but need that. I cherish this, but I adore its opposite too.
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I’ve never had any illusions about being a lead actor in films, because lead actors have to be of a certain kind. Apart from the beauty of looks and figure, which I cannot claim to have, there’s just a particular kind of ordinary-Joe quality that a film star needs to have.
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