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.
STEPHEN FRYPhilosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
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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 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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I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance.
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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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Happiness is no respecter of persons.
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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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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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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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If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.
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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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Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
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I’m a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough.
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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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