Top 67 Quotes & Sayings by Rupert Everett - Page 2

What's happened to humour? We're becoming American. Everyone gets so angry over everything.

I can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads.

In Burton's day they [soldiers] were itching to get into the fray. Now it is the opposite. They are always whining about the dangers of being killed. Oh my God, they are such wimps now! The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

I dont want to just play gay characters, ... I think it would get boring to play the same thing again and again and again.

The interesting thing about Sherlock is that he is himself a reflection of that very English duality. As a drug addict, he is a criminal. But he is also a crime fighter. That makes him an extremely potent character to personify the hypocrisy of a culture that is both moralistic and corrupt.

The opulence of Wilde is a bit too florid for Sherlock, who is a much darker character, ... fascinated by the human condition, but also overwhelmed by it.

Maybe there won't be marriage, maybe there won't be sex, but by God there'll be dancing!