Stephen Fry: “Lost, alone and I wanted to take my life”

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

FlightStory

Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

To call Stephen Fry a national treasure would be underselling him. One of the hardest working names in British media, you name it and Stephen has done it; writer, actor, director and comedian. The size of his contribution to British culture in over four decades as a public figure is staggering. However, behind this mountain of work and out of the spotlight is a side of Stephen Fry that many people will be completely unaware of, from a childhood of crime and loneliness, to severe mental health struggles and attempts at suicide. In this honest and revealing conversation Stephen discusses the scars he carries within him and which affect him to this day. But despite this he is constantly reinventing himself and striving to find joy in the smaller things in life, all the while spreading happiness and wonder with his work. Stephen: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3un1E3d Follow me: https://beacons.ai/diaryofaceo Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	The reason you work hard at your business is for the rewards.
0:05.0	With the British Airways American Express accelerating business card,
0:09.0	you'll get 1.5 Avios for 1 pound spend on business purchases.
0:13.0	So there's a little holiday and the things you buy for your business.
0:16.0	Search VA Amex Business.
0:18.0	Representative 108.4% APR variable annual fee applies.
0:22.0	18 plus UK residents only subject to
0:24.6	approval new card members only. Terms apply. This ad is brought to you by
0:28.8	American Express. I was lost in a drift and really what I first wanted to do was to take my life.
0:35.0	Stephen Frost!
0:37.0	He's a comedian, an actor and a national treasure.
0:41.0	He's a director, he's a writer, and I'll probably miss things out.
0:44.6	You master of language. And tonight's my night.
0:47.2	I was a deeply difficult child. My parents tend me to a psychiatrist when I was 14.
0:52.4	I started doing weird things.
0:55.8	I was sent to prison. So the best I could do after a disastrous childhood I decided was now concentrate on getting into Cambridge.
1:05.0	That changed everything.
1:07.0	Ladies and gentlemen, Stephen Frye.
1:10.0	I want to please people.
1:11.0	And if I don't please them, I I get upset I've done it wrong.
1:15.1	Age 37 you star in a play the play gets some pretty harsh reviews.
1:22.4	I was lost and adrift and really what I first wanted to do was to take my life.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from FlightStory, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of FlightStory and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.