The actor famous for being game for anything talks about his passion for physical theatre, his attraction to strong directors – but declines to comment on the size of his penis
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Richard Griffiths obituary
Actor of geniality, grace and solemnity, who excelled in playing characters on the margins of society
WEITERLESEN... »Comedy News: Jim Carrey takes aim at NRA
Elsewhere in comedy this week: John Cleese targets BBC comedy chiefs, Tina Fey resurrects her Sarah Palin impression and Peter Kay’s new sitcom gears up for an iPlayer premiere
WEITERLESEN... »Stephen Fry takes US sitcom role and shark-attack jokes bite the dust
Also this week, Russell Kane says envy is what motivates up-and-coming comics, and Britain gets its first comedy hotel
WEITERLESEN... »Ben Whishaw: ‘I feel I’m always in the dark’
From Hamlet to Skyfall, The Hour to Cloud Atlas, Ben Whishaw’s success and versatility are in no doubt. Yet, as he takes on a new role in Peter and Alice opposite his heroine, Judi Dench, he reveals that he is still unsure of himself
WEITERLESEN... »Portrait of the artist: Kristin Scott Thomas
The English Patient star talks about her big breakthrough, bad reviews – and why her worst performance is always screening on cable TV
WEITERLESEN... »Phil Davis: Unsung hero of British character acting
Triple Oscar-winner Daniel Day-Lewis has cited the vanity-free actor Phil Davis as a key inspiration, alongside Brando and Streep. Is it time the star of Quadrophenia and Whitechapel was recognised as a British acting great?
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Sam Mendes turns down Skyfall follow-up
In spite of its success, the director has declined the chance to direct another Bond film, citing theatre projects as a priority
WEITERLESEN... »Rupert Everett scoops Sheridan Morley prize for memoir Vanished Years
Judges reward ‘surprising, hilarious and wise’ follow-up to British actor’s first autobiography Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins
WEITERLESEN... »Director Joe Wright: ‘I go nuts if I’m idle’
Why has the director of Atonement and Anna Karenina decided to make his theatre debut with a Victorian farce hardly anyone’s heard of?
WEITERLESEN... »Seinfeld takes up hip-hop and Rowan Atkinson takes on the law – and wins
Also in this week’s comedy news: Ricky Gervais gets called a ‘bad standup’ – and what’s a ‘pricket bat’?
WEITERLESEN... »Les Miserables
Tom Hooper’s film is a colossal effort – after 158 minutes, you really have experienced something. It’s just not clear what
WEITERLESEN... »2013 theatre preview: Helen Mirren gets another crack at the Queen and Peter Pan meets Alice in Wonderland
It looks set to be an intriguing year on stage that will also see Philip Pullman take on Cinderella and the RSC tackle Voltaire
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