Always have an answer - even if you change your mind five minutes later.
-- Richard E Grant
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!
-- Richard E Grant
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.
-- Richard E Grant
Being a father to my daughter Olivia, who is now 13, is the most profound and rewarding love any human could wish for.
-- Richard E Grant
Ensure that your script is watertight. If it's not on the page, it will never magically appear on the screen.
-- Richard E Grant
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.
-- Richard E Grant
I realised that even if my film worked for just 40 people in a tiny movie theatre, then it would find a home. It was an incredible relief.
-- Richard E Grant
My father died prematurely at the age of 52 when I was 24, and it is a recurring regret that he never lived to see me succeed beyond university and drama.
-- Richard E Grant
Never give up. You only get one life. Go for it!
-- Richard E Grant
Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge.
-- Richard E Grant
Time and time again I was told that I would never make the film on time and never make it on budget. That kind of criticism tends to turn me into a great big motor of efficiency.
-- Richard E Grant



