I 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 FRYIt only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
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My father was all brain and little heart.
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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
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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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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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I think my view is that whenever you project into the future you’re never likely to be accurate in the details, or the paraphernalia and style. It’s in the spirit of it.
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When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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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 don’t watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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Happiness is no respecter of persons.
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They 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.
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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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It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common.
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Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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