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Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

Stephen Fry

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it’ll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.
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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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I don’t watch TV. I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
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Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word’s full octave.
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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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Generally, we admire the thing we are not.
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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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But happiness is no respecter of persons.
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You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film.
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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.
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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 get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
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I feel I would love to close down for a number of years in some way and just be in the country making pork pies and chutneys and never have to poke my head out of the parapet.
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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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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 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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Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film.

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