I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself.
From Stephen Fry
Having a great intellect is no path to being happy.
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.
I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop.
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.
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.
You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.
I'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.
My father was all brain and little heart.
If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it.
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