Rupert Everett
Rupert Everett
Rupert James Hector Everettis an English actor and writer. He first came to public attention in 1981, when he was cast in Julian Mitchell's play and subsequent film Another Countryas an openly gay pupil at an English public school in the 1930s; the role earned him his first BAFTA Award nomination. He went on to receive a second BAFTA Award nomination and his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his role in My Best Friend's Wedding, followed by a second...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth29 May 1959
homosexuality bias deals
There's still a great deal of bias about homosexuality.
reason authority figures
Authority figures are so irritating. Because they always tell you to do things for reasons that aren't very good. That sums up what authority is about for me.
gay years age
Being gay and being a woman has one big thing in common, which is that we both become invisible after the age of 42. Who wants a gay 50-year-old? No one, let me tell you.
gay actors different
A lot of straight actors are actively searching for gay roles because it is something different to do.
kids thinking should-have
I don't think kids should have role models. They're disastrous.
authority
I've never been any good with authority.
eccentric world fit
You're not allowed to be an eccentric in the world, you have to fit it.
parent impulse ifs
If I did have the impulse to be a parent, I would adopt - or foster.
wall italian years
The fact is that you could not be, and still cannot be, a 25-year-old homosexual trying to make it in the British film business or the American film business or even the Italian film business. It just doesn't work and you're going to hit a brick wall at some point.
world marvelous
We now live in a world where the only thing to have is success, but failure is marvelous. It's fertiliser, it's like living fertiliser, because you're forced on yourself.
grandfather generations india
My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.
white house black
There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.
funny bars glamorous
Hmm... Death by mini bar, how glamorous.
dad gay thinking
I can't think of anything worse than being brought up by two gay dads.