Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business – which at least does us all some good.
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.
More Stephen Fry Quotes
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When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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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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Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them.
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I’m a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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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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I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
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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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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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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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Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.
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It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
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Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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