Quotes from Rupert Everett

I have nothing to complain about.. except maybe people wondering if a queen like me can be butch-it-up enough to play a convincing straight man.

Honestly, I would not advise any actor necessarily, if he was really thinking of his career, to come out.

To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough.

There are lots of women and lots of men in the business that the powers that be decide are the right people and they'll stand with them for quite a long time.

Starbucks is spreading like a cancer.

A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.

I'm a gay man who came from the last years of illegality. That focused my whole character. I think it focused everyone's character in a way. You saw yourself as outside of the main structure.

I find there aren't that many options as an actor.

I've done a lot of period stuff but that's mostly because, in England, we get off on a lot of period stuff, but it's not any kind of particular choice. That's where a lot of the work is.

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

I was basically adventurous, I think I wanted to try everything.

I've never been any good with authority.

I think it's fun playing a part that lots of other people have played, in a way.

The thing about lying is, it is quite exhausting - you have to remember a lot.

Hmm... Death by mini bar, how glamorous.