Richard Griffiths Quotes

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.

Richard Griffiths

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: July 31, 1947

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When I think of greatness, I think of guys like Earl Campbell and Gale Sayers and Walter Payton, and these individuals who, it's unanimous they're going to make a difference - when they're coming out of college, there's no doubt.

Jim Brown

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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

Andy Garcia

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The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.

Michael Bergin

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Mostly, I straddle reality and the imagination. My reality needs imagination like a bulb needs a socket. My imagination needs reality like a blind man needs a cane.

Tom Waits

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When the weather's good, there's no better place to be than the British countryside.

Ross Kemp

GoodWeatherBetterPlaceBritish

Modelling killed me.

Milla Jovovich

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No man ever fell in love with me for the way I fill out a Lycra dress.

Lisa Jewell

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Rita Hayworth in Gilda... there's not a shot of her in that movie that isn't gorgeous.

Donna Mills

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It's hard not to like Asimov; he's a really likable guy.

Cory Doctorow

HardGuyLikeHeLikableReally

Be ever watchful for the opportunity to shelter little children with the umbrella of your charity; be generous to their schools, their hospitals, and their places of worship. For, as they must bear the burdens of our mistakes, so are they in their innocence the repositories of our hopes for the upward progress of humanity.

Conrad Hilton

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My favorite teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets.

Bridget Hall

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I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.

Anton du Beke

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