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My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.

From Rupert Everett

I've never been any good with authority.

From Rupert Everett

Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.

From Rupert Everett

As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.'

From Rupert Everett

The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.

From Rupert Everett

I've been reduced to drag.

From Rupert Everett

Being in Hollywood is like being in the Christian right these days.

From Rupert Everett

We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself.

From Rupert Everett

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.

From Rupert Everett

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

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