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
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When I came to England, the first director I met was Charles Sturridge, who told me, 'You speak like somebody out of the 1950s.
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Apart from a cure for the diseases that plague us, an end to wars and other lofty ideals, I plan to direct a film I have written, but not act in it.
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I loved being asked 2,000 questions a day, storyboarding every move, knowing as though by instinct exactly where the camera had to be, because it was my story.
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