Facts about Stephen Fry

Occup.Comedian
FromUnited Kingdom
BornAugust 24, 1957
Age66 years

Summary

Stephen Fry is a famous Comedian from United Kingdom, he/she is 66 years old and still alive, born August 24, 1957.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac virgo, who is known for Analyzing, Practical, Reflective, Observation, Thoughtful. Our collection contains 35 quotes who is written / told by Stephen.

Related authors: Rita Rudner (Comedian), James McAvoy (Actor), Alan Coren (Writer)

35 Famous quotes by Stephen Fry

Small: Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive
"Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive"
Small: I think my view is that whenever you project into the future youre never likely to be accurate in the d
"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"
Small: I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tol
"I am a lover of truth, a worshipper of freedom, a celebrant at the altar of language and purity and tolerance"
Small: You dont sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with.
"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"
Small: That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand
"That one can love another of the same gender, that is what the homophobe really cannot stand"
Small: I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable
"I think we have all experienced passion that is not in any sense reasonable"
Small: I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the
"I like to think of myself at home in the armchair, writing, smoking and occasionally wandering down the shop"
Small: An original idea. That cant be too hard. The library must be full of them
"An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them"
Small: Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties
"Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties"
Small: Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to
"Having been an actor and a writer for so long - 20 years or so - I felt that it would be daft to go to one's grave without having directed. It's a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day"
Small: Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does u
"Many people would no more think of entering journalism than the sewage business - which at least does us all some good"
Small: Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the words full octave
"Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave"
Small: There is so much we can learn from TV. Its a window on the world
"There is so much we can learn from TV. It's a window on the world"
Small: Personally, Id never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ro
"Personally, I'd never seen a graphic novel. I knew they existed because friends of mine like Jonathan Ross collect them and some very literate and intelligent people really rate the graphic novel as a form"
Small: It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common
"It only takes a room of Americans for the English and Australians to realise how much we have in common"
Small: Ive always had great respect for Paddington because he is amusingly English and eccentric. He is a grea
"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"
Small: You cant reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six
"You can't reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height"
Small: Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experie
"Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness"
Small: Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film
"Oh, it takes a lot for me to walk out of a film"
Small: No, I love the idea that someone changes. As an actor its always the thing that you look for. He is som
"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"
Small: Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most fil
"Moving from chair to chair, from coffee machine to coffee machine is the limit of my action in most films. But I enjoy being cast in them because I love watching them"
Small: It was extremely important to show that Wildes sexuality was not just some intellectual idea. It was re
"It was extremely important to show that Wilde's sexuality was not just some intellectual idea. It was real, and it was about the human body. To just have mentioned it and not shown it would have been, I think, peculiar and wrong"
Small: Having a great intellect is no path to being happy
"Having a great intellect is no path to being happy"
Small: Its rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms tha
"It's rather splendid to think of all those great men and women who appear to have presented symptoms that allow us to describe them as bipolar. Whether it's Hemingway, Van Gogh... Robert Schumann has been mentioned... Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath... some of them with rather grim ends"
Small: Id probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be
"I'd probably want to teach at university, because children would drive me insane. I suspect it would be English literature, Shakespeare and so forth. I've always been deeply, deeply in love with that kind of thing"
Small: I think the fact that Im so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relations
"I think the fact that I'm so well known to be gay makes it very difficult to have a convincing relationship with a woman on screen. It wouldn't be at all difficult for me to kiss a woman - I'll kiss a frog if you like"
Small: I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book
"I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book"
Small: I dont watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself
"I don't watch television, I think it destroys the art of talking about oneself"
Small: As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to
"As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth"
Small: It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue
"It is a cliche that most cliches are true, but then like most cliches, that cliche is untrue"
Small: I shouldnt be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans arent fooled by
"I shouldn't be saying this - high treason, really - but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren't fooled by our accent into detecting brilliance that may not really be there"
Small: I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. Im getting older a
"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"
Small: I dont need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me
"I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me"
Small: But if one could go back in time, Id love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, whos one of my great h
"But if one could go back in time, I'd love to have been directed by Howard Hawks, who's one of my great heroes. One of the greatest directors there ever was. He directed probably one of the greatest westerns of all time in Rio Bravo"
Small: But happiness is no respecter of persons
"But happiness is no respecter of persons"