An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
STEPHEN FRYAn original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them.
STEPHEN FRYBecause, let’s face it, I do not get offered the parts that Brad Pitt has just turned down.
STEPHEN FRYI’d probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I’ve always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing.
STEPHEN FRYI think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable.
STEPHEN FRYIf you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you’ll find it.
STEPHEN FRYGenerally, we admire the thing we are not.
STEPHEN FRYHaving a great intellect is no path to being happy.
STEPHEN FRYMy life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
STEPHEN FRYLove in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word’s full octave.
STEPHEN FRYI’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.
STEPHEN FRYI don’t watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
STEPHEN FRYI 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 FRYBut happiness is no respecter of persons.
STEPHEN FRYI 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 FRYI get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
STEPHEN FRYI don’t need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
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