My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
My father was an alcoholic. I come from a family of them, so it's genetic luck or malfunction that I've ended up with no enzyme that processes it. I literally can't drink. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
Well, it's true that I've never been solitary, although I spend a lot of time alone. I've never felt lonely or been shy. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
You have to have some connection, empathy, or chemistry with the person you're playing and playing with. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
I was brought up to appreciate the here and now, and, knowing this is your only life, to view death as an inevitable and… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
If somebody crosses me, or if I love them, then it's pretty unequivocal; there's not much grey. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
I've kept a diary since I was 11. It's a way of taking stock, almost meditative, trying to make sense of stuff because life… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
The movies are something that I've been obsessed with, and I've subscribed to movie magazines all my life, since I was a child. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
I always panic on the first day of work. You can do all the Stanislavsky-backstory homework, but when that moment arrives and you are… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
I've been led by my nose all my life and tried to make perfume by boiling sugar water in jam jars and stuffing them… — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
The ease and pleasure of a long marriage is like gold dust. You feel fed and sustained and that you're intimately known. — Richard E. Grant Copy Share Image
