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. — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
Actors do have good and bad sides. It's because the passage down the birth canal distorts the face. People born by caesarean section are… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
I don't think I'd live in London unless you paid me. Nine figures would be nice. — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell. — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you.… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
Since puberty I've always had this strange awareness that all the keener experiences I would have in my life would happen later than it… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
Everyone over 50 should be issued every week with a wet fish in a plastic bag by the Post Office so that, whenever you… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at.… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
It's been the most astonishing year because I've been having a marvelous adventure, and yet I kind of sympathize with people who have to… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
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… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive. — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
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… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share
