20 Richard Griffiths Quotes for You to Enjoy

Richard Griffiths

English Actor

Born: Jul 31, 1947

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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. Richard Griffiths

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. Richard Griffiths

Kid Adulthood Weight Like Until Piled Normal Stop Being Exploded

Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you mind telling my son here that you're Uncle Vernon?' I said: 'Get a grip. It's 11:30 at night - what's he doing out of bed? I'm not here to entertain people at this time of night. Richard Griffiths

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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. Richard Griffiths

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Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive. Richard Griffiths

My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though. Richard Griffiths

Feeling Though Physical Vanity Self-Conscious Suppose Remotely Form Might Cerebral

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. Richard Griffiths

Good People Face Down Birth Sides Section Bad Born More Because Passage Canal Good And Bad Actor Symmetrical

I wouldn't inflict my naked body on any paying audience. Richard Griffiths

Naked Audience Any Inflict Body Paying

What can I say? I deal with it. I think I have come to terms with my absolutely hateful and vile childhood. No, I have, really. But I did hate it at the time. I resented it. There were elements of it that were positively Dickensian. Richard Griffiths

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I was big and fat and had weird parents. Richard Griffiths

Parents Big Had Weird Fat

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. Richard Griffiths

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. Richard Griffiths

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I've always hated the way I looked, and I've never complained about my brains. Richard Griffiths

Way Hated About Never Looked Always Brains

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. Richard Griffiths

Teacher Me Become Kind Would Something Rather Casual Know Because Want Theater Much Teaching Element Keep

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. Richard Griffiths

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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. Richard Griffiths

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. Richard Griffiths

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