You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
STEPHEN FRYYou can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
STEPHEN FRYI don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
STEPHEN FRYI 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.
STEPHEN FRYI’ve always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a great British institution and my generation grew up with the books and then Michael Horden’s animations.
STEPHEN FRYI like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
STEPHEN FRYChristmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive.
STEPHEN FRYI don’t believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.
STEPHEN FRYWhen you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
STEPHEN FRYIt is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
STEPHEN FRYI went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something.
STEPHEN FRYHappiness is no respecter of persons.
STEPHEN FRYMy life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
STEPHEN FRYThere’s no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.
STEPHEN FRYThey are just 100 per cent bear, whereas human beings feel we’re not 100 per cent human, that we’re always letting ourselves down. We’re constantly striving towards something, to some fulfilment.
STEPHEN FRYThere is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.
STEPHEN FRYBecause, let’s face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.
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