Richard Griffiths
Richard Griffiths
Richard Thomas Griffiths, OBE was an English actor of stage, film and television. He received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in the play The History Boys...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth31 July 1947
adventure years people
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 live in exile, because I've so missed England.
lying father body
My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever since. He always knew when I was lying, because my posture was all wrong.
childhood parent dumb
I hated my childhood. It was loathsome. My parents were deaf and dumb. Profoundly so. They could make noises when they were emotionally aroused, but they couldn't form it into speech.
disrespect dictator crime
If I were dictator, I'd have a catch-all crime of disrespect.
winning feelings goes-on
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 gutted, and the gutted sense just goes on, and I know what that's like, because I've been having that gutted feeling since 1979.
way hated
I've always hated the way I looked.
self vanity feelings
My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.
naked body audience
I wouldn't inflict my naked body on any paying audience.
past people upset
Every time I've talked about my family in the past, people have ended up getting upset. So I said to my friends and family: 'I shan't refer to you at all, and there's nothing for you to get upset about. There's the deal.
people actors faces
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 more symmetrical.
jane attraction
I could never understand the attraction of Bette Davis. I always preferred Jane Russell.
birthday office bags
Everyone over 50 should be issued every week with a wet fish in a plastic bag by the Post Office so that, whenever you see someone young and happy, you can hit them as hard as you can across the face.