I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I’m getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I’m just trying not to get into that sort of state again.
STEPHEN FRYYou can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
More Stephen Fry Quotes
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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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Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
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I’m a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.
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Happiness is no respecter of persons.
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As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it’ll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.
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When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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You don’t sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn’t work like that.
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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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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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But if one could go back in time, I’d love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who’s one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in ‘Rio Bravo’.
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