Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.
STEPHEN FRYThat one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand.
More Stephen Fry Quotes
-
-
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.
STEPHEN FRY -
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.
STEPHEN FRY -
Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties.
STEPHEN FRY -
I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
STEPHEN FRY -
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.
STEPHEN FRY -
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
STEPHEN FRY -
When you’ve seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.
STEPHEN FRY -
Personally, I’d never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form.
STEPHEN FRY -
I don’t believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods.
STEPHEN FRY -
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 FRY -
You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
STEPHEN FRY -
I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I’m getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I’m just trying not to get into that sort of state again.
STEPHEN FRY -
Happiness is no respecter of persons.
STEPHEN FRY -
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.
STEPHEN FRY -
There’s no doubt that I do have extremes of mood that are greater than just about anybody else I know.
STEPHEN FRY