Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

  • Profession: Actor
  • Place/Date of Birth: Norfolk, 24 August 2020

I don't know it all, says Fry - Dec 14 2007
Stephen Fry has apparently admitted he "deeply regrets" that he might come across as "a bit of a smug know-it-all".

The star, who was once described as having "a brain the size of Kent", says he doesn't know everything, reports the Daily Express.

The QI host is quoted as saying: "I'm far from that and I don't have an answer for everything.

"I've frequently been lost for words and dumbfounded by people who are far more intelligent than I am. I think I have been blessed with two things - big feet and a big memory."

And the Cambridge-educated writer, actor and presenter - who is currently filming a documentary in which he visits every US state - added: "To know the limits of your knowledge is the definition of an educated mind. And the limits of your ignorance as well. Sometimes people's curiosity seems to be missing. I have a genuine thirst for finding out about things.

"People bemoan a 'lack of education' but that is piffle. All I say is 'Imagine that someone has thrown a lot of money on the ground. All you need is the desire to pick it up.' A lot of folk wander about with their heads in the air and they never look at what is there at their feet."

Stephen shocked by HIV prejudice - Oct 1 2007
Stephen Fry has revealed that making his new BBC Two series HIV And Me was both a fascinating and moving experience - but admits that he didn’t expect to find such a huge stigma still attached to the issue.

"We found that other people’s perceptions are one of the biggest issues," he says.

"It’s shocking but there was one little girl I met who was born with Aids and she had to endure having ’Aids sl*t’ daubed in paint on the front door of her house and other responses like that."

Stephen believes the only way to fight the global battle against the HIV virus is to destroy the deeply entrenched stigmas through frank and honest dialogue.

"Talking about Aids is precisely what helps to dispel the myths," he says.

"At the moment HIV is a bit like Voldemort and we all have to be Harry Potter and be brave enough to say his name, and then it will get less and less powerful the more we do!", he suggests, smiling.

"However, if we continue to privilege it with this huge power and mystique, and make out that it’s best not talked about, then it will flourish even more."

HIV And Me starts on BBC Two on Tuesday October 2 at 9pm.


Fry: British actors ’over-rated in US’ - Mar 20 2007
British actors are over-rated in Hollywood because Americans are "fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there", according to Stephen Fry.

The actor and writer made the suggestion after seeing a "blitz of Brits" take the prizes at this year’s Golden Globes, including Dame Helen Mirren and the comedian’s former comedy partner Hugh Laurie.

He wrote in this week’s Radio Times: "I shouldn’t be saying this, high treason really, but I sometimes wonder if Americans aren’t fooled by our accent into detecting a brilliance that may not really be there.

"I mean, would they notice if Jeremy Irons or Judi Dench gave a bad performance? Not that those two paragons ever would, but it’s worth considering."

The 49-year-old, who recently filmed a cameo in US forensic science drama Bones, also said US actors were more natural in front of the camera.

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Biography

Stephen Fry was born into a creative household on August 24th, 1957 in Norfolk. His father was the inventor and physicist Alan Fry, and the young Stephen went to prep school. He was a little wild during his teenage years, even ending up in Puckleworth prison for three months! Luckily for us and for him, he did not persue a life of crime and instead went to University.
December 2007

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