Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grantis a Swazi-born English actor, screenwriter, and director. He came to public attention in 1987 for playing Withnail in the film Withnail and I, and achieved recognition as John Seward in 1992's Bram Stoker's Dracula...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth5 May 1957
thinking actors cases
Actors always think that others are getting more work than them. In my case, they usually are.
girl fun acting
I have been incredibly privileged with my roles - after all I have had the chance to do some fantastic fun acting such as the Spice Girls Movie - who can ever forget that!
teenager writing feelings
I am drawn to writing and directing as it is most like the feeling I had when I was a teenager with my puppet theatre. You are more in control of everything and involved in every aspect of production, so more challenged and fulfilled.
scripts pages ifs
Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.
acting roles break
Anthony Hopkins says you just keep acting. Do it all the time and eventually it will happen. He got his break, after all, by taking a role nobody else wanted. A cannibal!
mind answers minutes
Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later.
challenges ongoing fields
Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge.
christmas depressing winter
It always depresses me when people moan about how commercial Christmas is. I love everything about it. The tradition of having this great big feast, slap bang in the middle of winter, is an essential thing to look forward to at the end of the year.
people faults judgmental
I am a very judgmental person. Of myself and other people. I recognise it's a great fault, but I have no power over that.
thinking actors cases
I don't think it's the case that 'posh actors' get more work than others.
fixing-things fixing
I like fixing things.
couple impact long
When I meet a couple, I'm always interested to know if they have been together for a long time, or how loyal they are, because I know that will impact on how much I'm prepared to trust them.
fashion moving pace
The fashion world is much more ephemeral than the film industry and moves at a faster pace, and it's got even more frenetic since the Nineties; more paparazzi hanging about and it seems to me there are even more fashion magazines.
firsts england directors
When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.