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
hate kids giving
I like playing Vernon Dursley in 'Harry Potter,' because that gives me a license to be horrible to kids. I hate the odious business of sucking up to the public.
kids weight normal
I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop until into my adulthood.
parent bigs fats
I was big and fat and had weird parents.
looks way
I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.
nice thinking london
I don't think I'd live in London unless you paid me. Nine figures would be nice.
play guy acting
I've always turned down stuff where you had to be fat. I may be fat, but that's not why you play a role. If the guy has to be that way, I say get somebody else because I'm not doing any fat acting.
teacher teaching elements
I know I have this kind of teaching element in me, but I don't want to become a 'teacher of theater' because that would formalize something that I'd much rather keep casual.
brain way hated
I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains.
commitment tired sick
It's not that I'm sick of the theater, don't get me wrong. I'm just tired of the commitment.
thinking people fats
I've got this terrible hernia. People think it's a fat gut, but it's not.
dad talking people
When I see David Attenborough talking about how chimps live, big apes, I just remember my dad and the way he'd look at you. He couldn't speak, but everything else about him was, 'This is us, a family.' Relationships are just as intense as they are for people who can speak. Probably more so.
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.
thinking want-something house
Broadway has the most savvy audience anywhere. They see everything and they know their theater. As sophisticated and subtle as you think you can be, the houses you get here will want something finer.
thinking years actors
I've had a year out of work, more, and just toughed it out. There are those who think that all actors are overpaid. I beg to differ.