Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry
Stephen John Fry is an English comedian, actor, writer, presenter and activist. After a troubled childhood and adolescence, during which he was expelled from two schools and spent three months in prison for credit card fraud, Fry secured a place at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he studied English literature. While at university, he became involved with the Cambridge Footlights, where he met his long-time collaborator Hugh Laurie. As half of the comic double act Fry and Laurie, he co-wrote and...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth24 August 1957
CityHampstead, England
All the big words -virtue, justice, truth, ...- are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness
Stop feeling sorry for yourself and you will be happy.
Seriousness is no more a guarantee of truth, insight, authenticity or probity, than humour is a guarantee of superficiality and stupidity.
One of the reasons I love the online world is that although that exists in abundance you can choose absolutely which part of the online world you want to live in. You can make your own kingdom in that sense.
I almost once wanted to publish a self help book saying, 'How To Be Happy, by Stephen Fry: Guaranteed Success'. And people buy this huge book and it's all blank pages, and the first page would just say, 'Stop feeling sorry for yourself--and you will be happy.'
Philosophy is an odd thing... There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.
Coming out as gay was an easy enough matter for me, since I worked in a profession where being gay had a long history of being accepted.
I've always been aware of my sexuality, but I never quite knew what it meant...
I get an urge, like a pregnant elephant, to go away and give birth to a book.
A cut glass English accent can fool unsuspecting Americans into detecting a brilliance that isn't there
Hold the newsreader's nose squarely, waiter, or friendly milk will countermand my trousers
I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.
As I say I don't want to kill myself, I just wouldn't mind dying.
I may have looked happy but inside I was hopelessly depressed.