Rupert Everett Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“It's amazing the clarity that comes with psychotic jealousy.”

“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.”

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

“Starbucks is spreading like a cancer.”

“If you're gay or religious you're always hearing this word tolerance. It's a pathetic word. It's actually just a politically correct word for the term intolerance.”

“The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!”

“I smell of sweat. I don't like people smelling of all these weird things. I think deodorant is disgusting.”

“Listen, in England people are already writing their memoirs at the age of 23.”

“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.”