A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction

Stephen: It never says apple in Genesis, does it? It just says "the fruit of the tree whereof I said thou should not eat."
Alan: I haven't actually read it.
Stephen: Not read it?
Alan: No.
Stephen: You should, it's hilarious.

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We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing — an actor, a writer — I am a person who does things — I write, I act — and I never know what I am going to do next. I think you can be imprisoned if you think of yourself as a noun.

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Stephen Fry (via kubricks)

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November 30

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November 28

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November 24

Stephen: That is probably true.
Jimmy: Probably true?

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November 16

conotank:

“Sex without smiling is as sickly and as base as vodka and tonic without ice.”

- Stephen Fry

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November 3

Swearing is a really important part of one’s life. It would be impossible to imagine going through life without swearing, and without enjoying swearing. There used to be mad, silly, prissy people who used to say swearing was a sign of a poor vocabulary. It is such utter nonsense. The people I know who swear the most tend to have the widest vocabularies, and the kind of person who says swearing is a sign of a poor vocabulary usually have a poor vocabulary themselves. The sort of twee person who thinks swearing is in any way a sign of a lack of education or a lack of verbal interest is just a fucking lunatic. I haven’t met anybody who’s truly shocked at swearing… really. They’re only shocked on behalf of other people. Well, you know, that’s preposterous. Or they say, “It’s not necessary,” as if that should stop one doing it. It’s not necessary to have coloured socks, it’s not necessary for this cushion to be here, but is anyone going to write in and say, “I was shocked to see that cushion there, it really wasn’t necessary”? No. Things not being necessary is what makes life interesting. The little extras in life.

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so it turns out Stephen Fry can say pretty much the same thing except beautifully (via vondell-swain)

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May 26

Douglas and I, as the first two owners of Apple Macs in Europe, played for years (before the internet would have made it easier) like kids with train sets, swapping software and routines and programmes. No colour, no hard disks for some years: but damn it was fun.
Downstairs lurked Sue Freestone, DNA’s publisher, wishing that I would go away so that Douglas would get on with his latest novel. As a way of getting rid of me she offered me an advance for a book of my own.
So I went off and wrote one.
When I came back Douglas was no further forward with his. As is well known, he HATED writing.
He was a huge man: when he was in a house it rattled and you always knew he was there. He did the same to the earth. It doesn’t rattle any more now that he’s gone.

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Stephen Fry (via whitepajamas)

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May 20

warningdontreadthis:

totalfilm:

Stephen Fry joins The Hobbit

Stephen Fry has become the latest British actor to join the cast of Peter Jackson’s currently-shooting Hobbit.

The legendary author/actor/presenter has signed on to play the Master of Laketown, which is one of the hamlets that Bilbo and the Dwarves come across on their journey.

“We are thrilled to confirm that Stephen Fry will be playing The Master of Laketown,” Jackson wrote on his Facebook page. “I’ve known Stephen for several years, and we’re developing a Dambusters movie together.

“In addition to his writing skills, he’s a terrific actor and will create a very memorable Master for us.”

I HAVE NO WORDS, I HAVE NONE, NO WORDS, SPEECHLESS, KILL ME, NOW.

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A Poetic Retelling Of An Unfortunate Seduction

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