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Richard E. Grant

(1957) Explorer Eswatini

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Richard E. Grant is an explorer from Eswatini, best known for Pocketful of Happiness.

Quick Facts About Richard E. Grant

Born: May 5, 1957
Nationality: Eswatini
Profession: Explorer
Notable works: Pocketful of Happiness
Spouse: Joan Washington

About Richard E. Grant

Richard E. Grant is a Swazi-English actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He also received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Richard E. Grant · Page 2

Anthony Hopkins says you just keep acting. Do it all the time and eventually it will happen. He got his break, after…

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Acting

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Everything I dared dream of has come to fruition. Which is not to say that I don't grumble with the best of…

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Best

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I place an enormous premium on loyalty. If someone betrays me, I can forgive them rationally, but emotionally I have found it…

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Betray

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When I meet a couple, I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal…

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Couple

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It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this…

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Bangs

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Even 31 sounds quite old to me, because my brain is probably still in a state of adolescent delinquency.

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Adolescent

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Smell is the shortest synaptic leap in the brain to our memory, and I'm amazed that people don't sniff everything.

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Brain

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I've been an actor for so long, and a moviegoer ever since I can remember, because the country that I grew up…

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Actor

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My parents were divorced when I was 11, and it made such a profound impression on my life that I suppose I…

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Getting married

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Because I grew up in Africa, I always see people and try to understand characters as what kind of animal they'd be.

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Always

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I would love to play your common, everyday guy, but I never get cast as that.

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Casts

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Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget.…

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Bigs

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Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later.

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Answers

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You feel your game's raised by working with the best people.

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Feels

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Every time I try to plan something or assume that something's going to happen, it never works out like that.

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Never

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I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power…

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Faults

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I've been on the 'Logan' movie set, which is a 300-strong crew of basically men. They had arms thicker than my thighs…

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Men

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I like fixing things.

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Fixing

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Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.

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Actors

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Nothing is fixed or foolproof; I have no delusion about that.

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About

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Lena Dunham is an extraordinary woman.

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Extraordinary

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I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with…

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Aspect

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I watch TV all the time. Everything.

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Time

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