I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls. Rupert Graves Read Quote
The amount of work you need to do to become a very successful celebrity is something I’m not prepared to do. Rupert Graves Read Quote
I was a dozy boy; I’d like to have been like James Dean, but I was more Arthur Askey – pathetically rebellious in a cheeky, chappy sort of way. Rupert Graves Read Quote
I kind of always wanted to act, but to get a grant I would have needed two A-levels, and I was too far away from even O levels. I didn’t know you could get a scholarship, so I determined early not to pursue that. Rupert Graves Read Quote
I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids’ bits. I’ve always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated. Rupert Graves Read Quote
I drifted into acting, and I’ve drifted into my career, and I’ve never been guided by anything particularly concrete. Rupert Graves Read Quote
Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn’t it? It does, I think. It’s not all about you. Rupert Graves Read Quote
There’s a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, ‘Don’t do it’, and they go ahead and do it, they’re still not going to die. And I think that’s what it is: that no matter what you do, you’re not going to die. Rupert Graves Read Quote
I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, you’re a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world. Rupert Graves Read Quote
