Rupert Graves
Rupert Graves
Rupert Gravesis an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View, Maurice, The Madness of King George and The Forsyte Saga. Since 2010 he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth30 June 1963
humility thinking doe
Not being anxious requires a level of humility, doesn't it? It does, I think. It's not all about you.
girl gay thinking
I was a closet straight. I think I wanted to be gay because I thought it was arty and interesting. And also, I was phenomenally shy with girls.
children thinking parent
There's a thing I think children realise at a certain age, which is that if their parents say, 'Don't do it', and they go ahead and do it, they're still not going to die. And I think that's what it is: that no matter what you do, you're not going to die.
children kids thinking
I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.
thinking causes done
I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.
thinking feels
I just think the older I get, actually, the better I feel.
good savvy seems shove
You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.
entirely public school
I'm entirely uneducated. I went to public school - public in the American sense - a blue-collar, working-class school. I never got a scholarship, I left when I was 15, never did any exams.
far grant needed pursue
I kind of always wanted to act, but to get a grant I would have needed two A-levels, and I was too far away from even O levels. I didn't know you could get a scholarship, so I determined early not to pursue that.
moved
It's just very dull. Talking about yourself and about something that you've got less interest in than you had, because you've always moved on to something else.
school kids insecurity
I never went to acting school. I started in the circus, music hall, I was in a group, did kids bits. Ive always had this kind of insecurity being uneducated.
pain backsides display
Celebritys a pain in the backside - youre always on display.
school blue class
I'm entirely uneducated. I went to public school - public in the American sense - a blue-collar, working-class school. I never got a scholarship, I left when I was 15, never did any exams.
careers acting concrete
I drifted into acting, and I've drifted into my career, and I've never been guided by anything particularly concrete.