Stephen Fry quotes - page 6

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)
It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there's an email, most of the time there's a letter, someone wants something of you. View quote
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My parents were marvelously educated people. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm a bit of a coward, and lazy, oddly enough. View quote
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My father was all brain and little heart. View quote
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If you go looking for loonies and religious fanatics and dropouts and freaks, I dare say you'll find it. View quote
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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. View quote
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My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two. View quote
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You can act in five, six, or seven films in the time it takes to direct one film. View quote
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I don't believe there is a God. If I were to believe in a god, l would believe in gods. (Stephen Fry)
Well I'm afraid it simply does, um, [the Catholic Church] does condemn [homosexuality], yes, it calls it a - the official word is disorder, but it was refined by the current Pontiff, Ratzinger, who called it a 'moral evil'. But on the other hand we must remember, as the point that was made is that the church is very loose on moral evils because, although they try to accuse people like me who believe in the empiricism and the enlightenment of somehow what they call moral relativism, as if it's some appalling sin where what it actually means is thought, um, they um, they for example thought that slavery was perfectly fine... absolutely okay, and then they didn't, and what is the point of the Catholic Church if it says 'oh well we couldn't know better because nobody else did'? (To the affirmative team) Then what are you for?! View quote
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Philosophy is an odd thing... 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. View quote
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I'm afraid I was very much the traditionalist. I went down on one knee and dictated a proposal which my secretary faxed over straight away. View quote
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You don't need a Harvard MBA to know that the bedroom and the boardroom are just two sides of the same ballgame. View quote
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Now, bipolar disorder, it goes on a spectrum. There's very severe conditions of it and there are milder ones. I'm lucky enough that it's reasonably mild in my case. View quote
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My mother has an absolute passion for sour fruit and can strip a gooseberry bush quicker than a priest can strip a choirboy. View quote
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