Stephen Fry says he read the script to AIDS drama It's a Sin “through a wall of tears” as it brought back memories of the friends he lost to the killer virus in the 1980s.
The actor, 63, admits that his own insecurities were probably what kept him alive when he moved to London after university in 1981.
Stephen said: “I was so excited by work and acting, and maybe afraid of relationships or being rejected, that I never liked The Scene - the gay pubs and bars and clubs.
I’m romantic, lyrical and sentimental. Plus, I was really bad at it! I thought people would take one look at me and think, no thanks.
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