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

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

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