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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.

Stephen Fry

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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Between Divide Least Life Mixture Perform Two Write
It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue.
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There’s no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.
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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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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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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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You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height.
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An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
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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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I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
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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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I’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.
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When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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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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There is so much we can learn from TV. It’s a window on the world.
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Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.
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