When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
STEPHEN FRYSomehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.
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I 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.
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Because, let’s face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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Happiness is no respecter of persons.
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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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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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My father was all brain and little heart.
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You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
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I’m a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.
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There is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.
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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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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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Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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