English - Actor | July 31, 1947 -
Winning is something you've dreamed about and hoped for, so that when you get there it's no big deal. But if you lose, you're gutted, and the gutted sense just goes on, and I know what that's like, because I've been having that gutted feeling since 1979.
Richard Griffiths
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If I had my way, all actors over 55 would be issued a 3-lb. wet salmon with which to slap the face of every young, beautiful, successful upstart.
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I was big and fat and had weird parents.
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My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever since. He always knew when I was lying, because my posture was all wrong.
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I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public.
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I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.
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I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech.
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I've had a year out of work, more, and just toughed it out. There are those who think that all actors are overpaid. I beg to differ.
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I think there are people watching me, and if ever I manage to save £1,000 there's someone saying, 'Oh, we'll invent a tax to take that off him.'
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I don't think I'd live in London unless you paid me. Nine figures would be nice.
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I know I have this kind of teaching element in me, but I don't want to become a 'teacher of theater' because that would formalize something that I'd much rather keep casual.
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It's not that I'm sick of the theater, don't get me wrong. I'm just tired of the commitment.
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