Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brien
Richard O'Brienis an English actor, television presenter, writer and theatre performer. He was born in England, and is a dual citizen of New Zealand and the United Kingdom...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth25 March 1942
defining editor hot life moments news people takes
A news editor takes the hot story of the day. People take the salient moments of ones life - Those defining moments - and Rocky's got to be there.
adolescent appeals believe eternal genre happy sit
I'm very happy to sit in the genre of make believe and fantasy. It's where I'm happiest. It appeals to the eternal adolescent in me.
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Our reaction is one of bitter disappointment. British car industry jobs are being sacrificed on the altar of this country's flexible labor market.
hollow
So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing.
running race appreciate
Running is not, as it so often seems, only about what you did in your last race or about how many miles you ran last week. It is, in a much more important way, about community, about appreciating all the miles run by other runners, too.
different sometimes individual
There is always an audience for different individuals, but critics sometimes stop the audience finding the show and the show finding the audience.
jobs theatre done
I have done every job in the Theatre apart from wardrobe. I was out of work more times than I was in it.
grateful people lovely
I'm surrounded by it. I have so many lovely people around me who are supportive, gentle, kind and considerate. I'm so grateful for every day that I'm on the planet and that continues to be so.
dream
Don't just dream it. Be it!
together world three
However, there's three reasons for doing things in this particular world. One is love, one is prestige and the other's money. If you get all three together, that's fine.
fame driven
I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.
careers driven
I'm not driven by money and I'm not driven by career.
mask has-beens
I would have loved to have been in The Stand. I would also loved to have been in The Mask.
drama school theatre
I paid my dues at drama school and worked backstage in every Theatre in London.