As a Lifelong Crisperanto, I managed to forge a relationship with Mr Crisp through late. Night telephone chats and a prolific postal correspondence. This was over twenty years, up until the day he died. The irony is that he passed the night before his first appearance in England since his American Affair began. I knew the nen hosting him in their home and was due to meet with him that day. I had a phone call from my sister ( head of the Mortuary in Manchester Royal Infirmary ) informing me that Mr Crisp had passed away and she was looking after his body . I went to the Mortuary to pay my respects resting a single bright beautiful blooming yellow rose in his hands. He had both peace and dignity. However his body was left unclaimed with no one to arrange Repatriation to his adopted home. So, very late on a moonlit Manchester night, at an undisclosed location. Mr Crisps Body was uncerermoniesly cremated. And the remains were bagged and boxed and sent cargo class to his new and rather Avaricious recently signed Agent. What an absolutely heartbreaking end for a historical and Cultural Icon. For ahame
Fortunate you were able to have at least the phone/letter correspondence with him for so long prior to his death. Sad his demise didn't get more attention.
thanks for sharing that. he did truly deserve better. the man deserves a huge memorial marker in a ny cemetary somewhere or perhaps even a statue. he's really too big a person to not have one.
In October 2023, I am 62. I have known of and admired Quentin Crisp for the last 50 years or so. I did not manage to meet nor correspond with him, but did always hold him in high esteem and he remains one of a very small number of people I consider to be my personal heroes. I suspect the very quotidien nature of his demise and cremation may well have amused rather than upset him.
Some people cannot hide though they try . My daughter was best friends throughout school with a little boy that was so obviously gay and yet completely unaware gayness was a thing . He was very out because he had no conceot of in .
To: "@paulmaloney2383": Most all of these observations, both within the video; &, also, within the threadings here; do seem strongly true enough; definitely intelligent; certainly clever; and, timeless; yet, nonetheless; the persecutory discriminations; &, clear, definite, grossly extreme excesses, in aggression; assaults; and, various forms of attacks; including, those of a, physically violent nature; and, which also do not exclude, those combatants who possess: delusionary hatreds, against such individuals, as this fellow; is so horrific; extensive; grotesque; hideous; reprehensible, savage; brutal; damaging; callous; sickening; incredulous; insensitive; discompassionate; ->disgusting; violent; &, intensely abhorrent, that not much peace; love; kindness; &, understanding harmony; ever seems even able, to exist; let alone, to co-exist tolerantly, w/: rarer, special persons, in the likes, of people, such as: Mr. Crisp; and, similar individuals!! *would;...used only once; &, ->delete, the errata: "wold"!!!!!. &, *be: ->a, much more: kind; and, tolerant place!!!.
Quention Crisp was one of the most human humans that I have ever known of. He turned the disgust and hate that he received into wisdom, into gold. Very few people can do that. I count him as a genius.
It was quite common in British gay men of that era. It was often just seen as “theatrical” but everyone knew. I loved it and quite miss it as I grew up with it, but it came out of a very, very painful place which is upsetting now I’m an adult. But, my brother was gay (he passed away of cancer a few years ago) and I’m bi, so on the backs of Quentin Crisp and others living openly, even though it was incredibly difficult, meant it was easier for my brother and I. I’m so thankful to them. I’m just sad, desperately sad, we seem to be regressing back to the idiotic disgust in society…
@@jaybee4118 Yes, although born much later than Quentin Crisp, for example Ian McKellen still lived through such a time of hiding his sexuality and illegality, which is almost incomprehensible, yet despite all progress that's been made, homophobia, like racism, is still rearing its ugly head.
This is a man who in the mid-30s walked around London wearing make-up etc when homosexuality was illegal and regarded as a mental illness. I wouldn't want to mess with a man with that courage.
I actually met him in 1994 in Washington Square Park here in NYC. He was wearing a huge hat, and sat down on the next bench from me. He asked for the time, and I recognized his voice immediately. I moved over and introduced myself, and we began a 2 hour conversation right there. I remember during our conversation he complimented me on the leather jacket and jeans I was wearing and said "Fashion is what you're told, but style is what you tell yourself". We talked about Madonna, Gray's Papaya, hip hop, and a plethora of other things. He even told me that "Englishman In New York" by Sting was written about him. He was probably one of the most unique people that I ever met, and it was a pleasure to get that time with him.
You should have taken him to dinner. By his own admission, (from Wiki) "His openness to strangers extended to accepting dinner invitations from almost anyone. Whilst he expected the host would pay for dinner, Crisp did his best to "sing for his supper" by regaling his host with wonderful stories and yarns, much as he did in his theatrical performances. Dinner with him was said to be one of the best shows in New York."
As a Brit I'm very proud of the eccentrics we have produced over the years and Quentin is an absolute diamond. Very charismatic, charming and hilariously funny. 🤣
@@kendavid891 so what Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish TV shows You like then? yeah,, don't say Brits if you only refer to the English! four countries here in case you forgot
I met Quentin back when I lived in the east village in New York. He wore a black onyx large stone ring and a black felt hat with the brim slanted up on one side. We met at a diner and after we spoke briefly he said. " Well it's time for me to crawl home" He was a very interesting man. I was lucky to have met him.
Quentin was so unique. I went to see him at Richmond Theatre in 1987 in 'An Evening with Quentin Crisp', he said in the future machines would take over our lives.
I saw Mr. Crisp in one of his live shows in the early 80’s and have so many fond memories of the experience. His question/answer period was a big highlight, and after the show several of us accompanied him to a bar nearby and sat with him for about an hour, talking. He was exactly the same, no matter who he was with, or where he was.
A great man. I knew someone who knew him in the 1950s who said everyone in the artistic circles he mixed in around Chelsea and Soho found him charming, kind, brilliant and witty.
I met and had lunch with him in London back in 1989. He was a friend of my friend Maurice Binder. Who created all the title sequences for the earlier James Bond films. Quentin did a quick little drawing for me on a napkin. I still have it. Very creative guy. Imaginative.
You're wrong, sir. No gays or lesbians are ashamed in his time or ours now. That is a projection of heterosexuals who think that gays MUST be ashamed because THEY think being gay MUST be shameful if they were gay. Thus the rise of the Gay Pride marches around the world to show that we are NOT ashamed. Did we/Do we hide? Many have and still do. Heteros do not face the risk of losing their jobs, their housing, their families, friends and co-workers for starters - simply for being heterosexual. Gays and lesbians did and still do hide. It's a risk each and every person makes according to their own situation. Straight people have no clue and ought not judge gays and lesbians who decide coming out is too high a cost. Be grateful as heterosexuals that you NEVER will face this and support, not criticize.
The first two audiences seemed receptive... the third one was laughing a bit inappropriately at times (even for the era)... maybe they were drunk, maybe the previous guest had been a laugh a minute and they were carried away... dunno.
Its the year 2021, february, im in Chile, im a regular human, and this blew my mind. I have the feeling that i never witnessed a more eloquent, calmed and kind person than this man. I wish, so much, with my whole heart, that i had him as a friend in this life.
Quentin Crisp is to London as Fran Lebowitz is to New York. Both are marvelous observers of the human psyche. The very idea that they choose to express such observations allows them to achieve almost mythological status. Never to be forgotten
The divine Crisp played Letterman on a break sending him up with such exquisite ease. Quentin you were a genius. "I could never have disguised myself as a human being." … RIP.
There is so much thought provoking power in that line alone. I swear it could make the most violent of homophobes pause and think and realize that I’m fact he is another human being. ❤
I quite literally walked right into him and l couldn't apologise enough plus I did not know who he was. This turned into the most wonderful afternoon tea and talk I have ever had. I wonder what he would make of today's eclectic society?
Dust 😂❤😂 I have the same views about that.❤😂❤ To know Crisp with all He went through, still kept his wit and charm. Strength to tell who ever stories of his life. Gifts for the ages. Lovely sole. Timely and timeless. ❤❤❤
I think he meant normal like a heterosexual man or woman,, this is what I think he means as been a human being,, he also describe himself as a oddity,, he knows he unique,,
I remember my older friends talking about the movie Naked Civil Servant in my late teens. Then in my early thirty's moving to Fort Lauderdale and the owner of the house would read his book around the pool early afternoon as we would nurse our hangovers. Then on a trip up north to Toronto Canada just by chance I got to see his show at Buddies in Bad Time theatre. The show was amazing and every entertaining, I believe he even signed my book. Whatever happen to that book as I approach 60. What a great man. A real legend a classic. Cheers from Montreal 🇨🇦
It’s just amazing to realize that we all share the world with these remarkable souls-true individuals. What a privilege to know that we make the same journey as they do!
My mum drew him in I think Harrow Art School in the late 50s and she said he was an amazing model to draw, taking dynamic poses that would last for ages. Interesting to hear his perspective on it!
I’ve got the flu so doing a bit of UA-cam surfing. When I was a young lad I always though Quentin was very odd and he even scared me a little. I’m 53 now, married with 2 children and have lived a rich life. I can honestly say I rather admire him as a true original with a wonderfully sharp wit and unique view of the world. It must have taken so much courage to live as an openly gay man, especially in those times. Thanks for sharing!
Always remember as a kid watching John hurt portraying Quentin in the naked civil servant and struck with the strength honesty and bravery of the man ,unique . Famous for just being . Now that is talent .
Quentin has more courage than any man I have ever met, I wish I had his strength of character .. he is a person who is a person who many a man would not be able to stand up to in every way in this modern age
Yes Quentin Crisp was the living embodiment of the philosophy - 'Be yourself'. He lived his life unapologetically, was always utterly authentic, and if anyone had a problem with it, it was never him! He really was remarkable and would have been in any age - but that he lived much of his life when homosexuality and eccentricity were feared and frowned upon he was extraordinarily brave and waaay ahead of his time. Listen to his philosophies here, they are really profound and like the man, expressed with great style! A wonderful human being, I love his books they are such a treat to read he really warms my heart with his honesty and good humour.
"I never came out; I was never in." I've honestly said that for years about my own sexuality/gender identity, without ever having heard this interview before. Wonderful to know I've been accidentally doing something right! This man is wonderful, endlessly quotable and very brave.
![Seven Men - Quentin Crisp (1970) [full World in Action programme]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wTRntQUhipc/mqdefault.jpg)
As a Lifelong Crisperanto, I managed to forge a relationship with Mr Crisp through late. Night telephone chats and a prolific postal correspondence. This was over twenty years, up until the day he died. The irony is that he passed the night before his first appearance in England since his American Affair began. I knew the nen hosting him in their home and was due to meet with him that day. I had a phone call from my sister ( head of the Mortuary in Manchester Royal Infirmary ) informing me that Mr Crisp had passed away and she was looking after his body . I went to the Mortuary to pay my respects resting a single bright beautiful blooming yellow rose in his hands. He had both peace and dignity. However his body was left unclaimed with no one to arrange Repatriation to his adopted home. So, very late on a moonlit Manchester night, at an undisclosed location. Mr Crisps Body was uncerermoniesly cremated. And the remains were bagged and boxed and sent cargo class to his new and rather Avaricious recently signed Agent. What an absolutely heartbreaking end for a historical and Cultural Icon. For ahame
Wow. Thank you for this.
Fortunate you were able to have at least the phone/letter correspondence with him for so long prior to his death. Sad his demise didn't get more attention.
thanks for sharing that. he did truly deserve better. the man deserves a huge memorial marker in a ny cemetary somewhere or perhaps even a statue. he's really too big a person to not have one.
In October 2023, I am 62.
I have known of and admired Quentin Crisp for the last 50 years or so. I did not manage to meet nor correspond with him, but did always hold him in high esteem and he remains one of a very small number of people I consider to be my personal heroes.
I suspect the very quotidien nature of his demise and cremation may well have amused rather than upset him.
Still very sad that not ONE person in UK or USA made an effort to adopt him for what would have been his last stage presentation. @@malcolmharris5277
“I never came out, I was never in.” Words of wisdom.
It must progress that this is far more common these days than it was then, Ronney Rendon. I am glad.
Beautiful
So true Ronney. He was so far ahead of so many in his thinking. ;-) ;-) ;-)
Fr, he should have called himself Quentin Quips! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😅 ...ok I'll leave
Some people cannot hide though they try . My daughter was best friends throughout school with a little boy that was so obviously gay and yet completely unaware gayness was a thing . He was very out because he had no conceot of in .
Quentin’s outward behaviour and affectations mask an iron will and enormous courage. A great, intelligent man
Completely who Terence Stamp based Bernadette Bassenger on, I’d say.
Also a sadness and loneliness I always feel, but maybe I'm wrong.
An out queer in his era? He’s a real life general!
I just lost my job. Struggling with depression. Haven't got out of bed for days.
For some reason i found this very inspirational.
I hope that you are well now and are up out of bed and back in the swing of things.
Love you ❤
You can find it in the most unusual places. Depression is a cross many of us bear, but please don’t give up, every new day is an opportunity relaunch
Hi Hope you're better now. Don't give up and walk a few miles every morning. ❤
I hope you are doing better now.
If there were more human beings like him, the world wold would be much more kinder and tolerant place
It would certainly be much wittier.
There would certainly be fewer of us, after a while.
@@TomorrowWeLive Many homosexuals have children, through a variety of ways.
To: "@paulmaloney2383":
Most all of these observations, both within the video; &, also, within the threadings here; do seem strongly true enough; definitely intelligent; certainly clever; and, timeless; yet, nonetheless; the persecutory discriminations; &, clear, definite, grossly extreme excesses, in aggression; assaults; and, various forms of attacks; including, those of a, physically violent nature; and, which also do not exclude, those combatants who possess: delusionary hatreds, against such individuals, as this fellow; is so horrific; extensive; grotesque; hideous; reprehensible, savage; brutal; damaging; callous; sickening; incredulous; insensitive; discompassionate; ->disgusting; violent; &, intensely abhorrent, that not much peace; love; kindness; &, understanding harmony; ever seems even able, to exist; let alone, to co-exist tolerantly, w/: rarer, special persons, in the likes, of people, such as: Mr. Crisp; and, similar individuals!!
*would;...used only once; &,
->delete, the errata: "wold"!!!!!.
&,
*be: ->a, much more: kind; and, tolerant place!!!.
Unless you are Princess Diana 😂 He absolutely loathed her with venom, it was such a hilarious choice of Nemisis
Quention Crisp was one of the most human humans that I have ever known of. He turned the disgust and hate that he received into wisdom, into gold. Very few people can do that. I count him as a genius.
Best comment :) He was just wonderful.
It was quite common in British gay men of that era. It was often just seen as “theatrical” but everyone knew. I loved it and quite miss it as I grew up with it, but it came out of a very, very painful place which is upsetting now I’m an adult. But, my brother was gay (he passed away of cancer a few years ago) and I’m bi, so on the backs of Quentin Crisp and others living openly, even though it was incredibly difficult, meant it was easier for my brother and I. I’m so thankful to them.
I’m just sad, desperately sad, we seem to be regressing back to the idiotic disgust in society…
@@jaybee4118 Yes, although born much later than Quentin Crisp, for example Ian McKellen still lived through such a time of hiding his sexuality and illegality, which is almost incomprehensible, yet despite all progress that's been made, homophobia, like racism, is still rearing its ugly head.
Well said..he was a genius 😊
This dude is gangster. “don’t join society, wait for society to catch up and form around you”
He most certainly was not a gangster!
@@heli-crewhgs5285 It is a colloquial expression, not a literal description
@@heli-crewhgs5285 it's a compliment dumbo :)
Wise words for rude alphabet crowd.
This is a man who in the mid-30s walked around London wearing make-up etc when homosexuality was illegal and regarded as a mental illness. I wouldn't want to mess with a man with that courage.
I actually met him in 1994 in Washington Square Park here in NYC. He was wearing a huge hat, and sat down on the next bench from me. He asked for the time, and I recognized his voice immediately. I moved over and introduced myself, and we began a 2 hour conversation right there. I remember during our conversation he complimented me on the leather jacket and jeans I was wearing and said "Fashion is what you're told, but style is what you tell yourself". We talked about Madonna, Gray's Papaya, hip hop, and a plethora of other things. He even told me that "Englishman In New York" by Sting was written about him. He was probably one of the most unique people that I ever met, and it was a pleasure to get that time with him.
What did he say about Madonna hahah?
That is amazing! So envious x
Thanks for sharing
You should have taken him to dinner. By his own admission, (from Wiki) "His openness to strangers extended to accepting dinner invitations from almost anyone. Whilst he expected the host would pay for dinner, Crisp did his best to "sing for his supper" by regaling his host with wonderful stories and yarns, much as he did in his theatrical performances. Dinner with him was said to be one of the best shows in New York."
@@TheJcfclark can you imagine dinner with him. You would not want the night to end!
As a Brit I'm very proud of the eccentrics we have produced over the years and Quentin is an absolute diamond.
Very charismatic, charming and hilariously funny. 🤣
Loved the Brits since late 70s shows and music,movies, nothing better
@@kendavid891 so what Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish TV shows You like then? yeah,, don't say Brits if you only refer to the English! four countries
here in case you forgot
@@boredweegie553
Of course the Scots,I love the Cocteau twins!one of my best friends is Welsh,and who doesn't love Bono,U2😄
🤣❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@boredweegie553talk about being triggered for absolutely no reason at all .
Very few people have the courage to to be themselves. This wonderful human being was heroic.
He was a sort of Oscar Wild of our time.
He really was.
Ironically, he wasn't terribly admiring of Wilde.
I met Quentin back when I lived in the east village in New York. He wore a black onyx large stone ring and a black felt hat with the brim slanted up on one side. We met at a diner and after we spoke briefly he said. " Well it's time for me to crawl home" He was a very interesting man. I was lucky to have met him.
How anyone could not adore this man is beyond me. He’s a total gem.
Nonsense
@@matimus100 go back to playing at Vikings and let the adults talk.
Chutney ferret.
I'm just sorry that I never had the pleasure of meeting and talking to him when I lived in NYC in the 80's and 90's.
@@Valkonnen all were warned not to try and pick up the nickel he had superglued to the floor.
Quentin was so unique. I went to see him at Richmond Theatre in 1987 in 'An Evening with Quentin Crisp', he said in the future machines would take over our lives.
I read your comment on the smartphone I look at for hours a day. I guess he was right that machines will take over our lives.
He was a very astute gentleman
@@edub9930 Gentleman describes him exactly, it cannot be usely used.
@@edub9930 Gentleman describes him exactly, it cannot be usely used.
Almost 40 years later his quips and comebacks are crackling.
Music Icon Sting was inspired so much with this gentleman. He actually wrote a song about him
called, "Englishman in New York".
One of the most HONEST and GUTSY people there ever was.
True bravery and a quick wit! Authenticity at its finest!
Such a gentle, wise soul with a fabulous wit.
What a massive personality...this man was a champion of individualism
❤
That is the fiercest, most determined comb over I have ever seen.
If that's all you took from these interviews, you have really missed out. Your loss.
It’s a wig for sure
Holy shit! How the hell have I never heard of this guy before? He's amazing!
Are you young and not from Britain?
Try to watch 'The Naked Civil Servant' with John Hurt
@@lesley9989 No, I'm not from Britain. But I'm 50.
Sorry, my comment appears harsh I'm from Yorkshire. Comes across as blunt
The film is on UA-cam. Shows how difficult it was for homosexuals when it was illegal.
A beautiful person, inside and out.
I saw Mr. Crisp in one of his live shows in the early 80’s and have so many fond memories of the experience. His question/answer period was a big highlight, and after the show several of us accompanied him to a bar nearby and sat with him for about an hour, talking. He was exactly the same, no matter who he was with, or where he was.
Wow. I sadly have not followed this man in my almost 60 years. I am a new devotee. What a gem.
He’s so eloquent, elegant and extraordinary!
I met Quentin Crisp a few times .. delightful man. A true original.
Lucky for you!
I would have loved to have met him!
Did you?..
@@arricammarques1955 I can't imagine with affinity for Quentin living in Toronto!
What a beautiful and original character, sadly originals like Quinten are no more.
I have learnt so much listening to Quentin Crisp...be yourself. Simple as that.
He certainly was a character! this man went through hell and back, all because he never hid from who he was! #RIP Quinten Crisp!!
I love that he’s so relaxed, quietly amused at the fact that Letterman is so uneasy, doesn’t quite know what to make of him.
I concur with your sentiment.
But their interaction is a hoot to see!
Letterman is not uneasy at all but curious and respectful.
@@MsMesemExactly.
You love really easy we noticed
Real bravery to be who you are not who others dictate you should be. An Iconic figure.
“If you don’t have your name in the phone book, you are stuck with your friends!”
Love that!!! ❤️
Wasted love
I had the pleasure of meeting Quentin Crisp at the Canberra War Memorial when he visited Australia in the mid-1960's. An utterly charming man.
Quentin was a very brave man. Being himself. Especially in those times.
Letterman was completely thrown by Quentin in the first interview.
Quentin was a beautiful man.
A great man. I knew someone who knew him in the 1950s who said everyone in the artistic circles he mixed in around Chelsea and Soho found him charming, kind, brilliant and witty.
London or Manhattan?
@@elyneburns2224 Do pay attention please, plenty of info on line if you have not.
What's great about him
@@elyneburns2224two years late, perhaps, but he first visited the US in '77 - he said this during the first interview.
I met and had lunch with him in London back in 1989. He was a friend of my friend Maurice Binder. Who created all the title sequences for the earlier James Bond films. Quentin did a quick little drawing for me on a napkin. I still have it. Very creative guy. Imaginative.
What a wonderful man!
Imagine meeting Quentin when he was 12...Would have been utterly charmed.
How profound! This man was a beacon of truth in a time of hiding and shame. So far ahead of his time!
You're wrong, sir. No gays or lesbians are ashamed in his time or ours now. That is a projection of heterosexuals who think that gays MUST be ashamed because THEY think being gay MUST be shameful if they were gay.
Thus the rise of the Gay Pride marches around the world to show that we are NOT ashamed. Did we/Do we hide? Many have and still do. Heteros do not face the risk of losing their jobs, their housing, their families, friends and co-workers for starters - simply for being heterosexual.
Gays and lesbians did and still do hide. It's a risk each and every person makes according to their own situation. Straight people have no clue and ought not judge gays and lesbians who decide coming out is too high a cost.
Be grateful as heterosexuals that you NEVER will face this and support, not criticize.
What a clever and wise man. I'm also impressed by the enlightened and appreciative audience.
He was iconic.
Yes everyone but Dave.
@@bzakie2 everyone but Dave? Why do you say that? Dave shows nothing but respect here.
The first two audiences seemed receptive... the third one was laughing a bit inappropriately at times (even for the era)... maybe they were drunk, maybe the previous guest had been a laugh a minute and they were carried away... dunno.
@@gfox9295 This is around the date that AIDS was first reported in the media. I bet there aren’t any ‘84, ‘85 interviews.
I’ve never heard so much sense spoken .,.
Absolutely adorable ❤
Its the year 2021, february, im in Chile, im a regular human, and this blew my mind. I have the feeling that i never witnessed a more eloquent, calmed and kind person than this man. I wish, so much, with my whole heart, that i had him as a friend in this life.
@@dkw1 ❤️🌛
Me too
You might find this interesting: ua-cam.com/video/2dYdHkMusM8/v-deo.html
Lovely comment.
My mother did and Loved him so much
I spent my sunday morning wRching this video, amazing memories. Quention Crisp is wonderfully charming and brilliant on so many levels. ❤
Quentin Crisp is to London as Fran Lebowitz is to New York.
Both are marvelous observers of the human psyche.
The very idea that they choose to express such observations allows them to achieve almost mythological status.
Never to be forgotten
What an amazing guy, the sort of person you’d feel honoured to know.
The divine Crisp played Letterman on a break sending him up with such exquisite ease. Quentin you were a genius. "I could never have disguised myself as a human being." … RIP.
There is so much thought provoking power in that line alone. I swear it could make the most violent of homophobes pause and think and realize that I’m fact he is another human being. ❤
... and he wasn't plugging anything other than himself. Bliss.
He was one of the most unusual and pained people I have ever heard of
He's a unique and delightful person.
Guests like this made Dave a legend.
His book is really good in case anyone was thinking of reading it.
I have a copy of his short book "Manners from Heaven". So funny and witty. I've read it many times--very much recommended if you can find it.
Wonderful wit.
Which do you recommend?
@@hyperboreandream The Naked Civil Servant
I would recommend a good biography of Alexander the Great.
he speaks like reciting poetry
Love listening to his unique Britishness
What an unbelievably GREAT GUEST!!!
💩
He was so brilliant! I could listen to him for hours!😇
I quite literally walked right into him and l couldn't apologise enough plus I did not know who he was. This turned into the most wonderful afternoon tea and talk I have ever had. I wonder what he would make of today's eclectic society?
The world lost a most genuine person. I adore him!💜
Delightful man
I used to see him around Union Square right about this time. He always wore a big hat and a scarf. He was wonderful.
One of my absolute heroes an amazing pioneer
Hello Vincent, how are you doing. I'm Patti from Long Beach California, just looking for new friend and i saw your pic here. Merry Christmas.
@@pattistilwell7424 This isn't Plenty of Fish. You're trolling in the wrong waters,
David you are a darling for the way you spoke with Mr Crisp
Quentin Crisp was a gift to any chat show host!
Dust 😂❤😂 I have the same views about that.❤😂❤ To know Crisp with all He went through, still kept his wit and charm. Strength to tell who ever stories of his life. Gifts for the ages.
Lovely sole. Timely and timeless. ❤❤❤
He was a true gent very real and very vulnerable all at the same time rip dear man .
This year marks 20 years of his passing, R.I.p Quentin Crisp. Wonderful wise man. Fearless man, used the telephone like Facebook.
An amazing man.
he was a puff
@@bobwallacejnr6852 you mean poof? Lol.
@@bobwallacejnr6852 And you're an ass. Thank you for letting us know.
@@bobwallacejnr6852grow up
What an enigma this man was!
He’s lovely! So funny and sweet.
Ok cartoon
Absolutely delightful man. Treated very badly in his younger years, but he had the strength and courage to rally on. Such a wit.
A much missed national treasure.
A true icon, a one off. Wonderful.
What an incredibly witty man. I love characters
I adore this beautiful man. So charming and sweet. Very witty and such style! ✨✨✨
He reminds me of my mother in law. She spoke exactly like him and was just as wise.
Usually mother in laws are Lucifer incarnate so she sounds just lovely. How great to have known a woman so classy and enigmatic.
Live and let live! Best advice!
Amazing how gentle and generous he turned out to be despite being beat up and threatened.
Saw his show when he toured Australia, he was brilliant
The man was a genius! So witty and charming! I wish I could have known him.
What a very pleasant face he had.
John Hurt played Quentin Crisp to the 'T'. I loved the movie The Civil Servant. He was a very brave man back in them days
Breaks my heart when he says, “I couldn’t be a HUMAN BEING”
Absolutely! So profound!
I absolutely feel the same; and how is that heartbreaking? That’s just how it is.
I think he meant normal like a heterosexual man or woman,, this is what I think he means as been a human being,, he also describe himself as a oddity,, he knows he unique,,
He said a "real person." By "real" he meant a cis-gendered heterosexual person.
As a child I first saw Quinton on TV with my mother. She loved him and I did also from that time on. He was so honest and delightful.
I feel like a conversation between Quentin Crisp and Orson Welles would have been captivating.
David Letterman interacts with Quentin Crisp beautifully!
Agree.
I remember my older friends talking about the movie Naked Civil Servant in my late teens. Then in my early thirty's moving to Fort Lauderdale and the owner of the house would read his book around the pool early afternoon as we would nurse our hangovers. Then on a trip up north to Toronto Canada just by chance I got to see his show at Buddies in Bad Time theatre.
The show was amazing and every entertaining, I believe he even signed my book. Whatever happen to that book as I approach 60.
What a great man. A real legend a classic.
Cheers from Montreal 🇨🇦
“If you want to rule the world, you have to live in New York.”
- Quentin Crisp
It’s just amazing to realize that we all share the world with these remarkable souls-true individuals. What a privilege to know that we make the same journey as they do!
My mum drew him in I think Harrow Art School in the late 50s and she said he was an amazing model to draw, taking dynamic poses that would last for ages. Interesting to hear his perspective on it!
“Stay right where you are. Wait for society to form itself around you.”
I was reading the sentence you wrote Quinton was speaking it… Just a coincidence I know.
Great man completely mad eccentric intelligent my kind of person.
I’ve got the flu so doing a bit of UA-cam surfing. When I was a young lad I always though Quentin was very odd and he even scared me a little. I’m 53 now, married with 2 children and have lived a rich life. I can honestly say I rather admire him as a true original with a wonderfully sharp wit and unique view of the world. It must have taken so much courage to live as an openly gay man, especially in those times. Thanks for sharing!
Sting's "Englishman in NY" was written about him & he features in the video.
A genius still light years ahead of his time- a true raconteur and queer icon-
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Always remember as a kid watching John hurt portraying Quentin in the naked civil servant and struck with the strength honesty and bravery of the man ,unique . Famous for just being . Now that is talent .
Thank you for putting this compilation together. Fascinating man.
Quentin has more courage than any man I have ever met, I wish I had his strength of character .. he is a person who is a person who many a man would not be able to stand up to in every way in this modern age
What an eccentric!!! Amazing to watch. Such courage!
Yes Quentin Crisp was the living embodiment of the philosophy - 'Be yourself'. He lived his life unapologetically, was always utterly authentic, and if anyone had a problem with it, it was never him! He really was remarkable and would have been in any age - but that he lived much of his life when homosexuality and eccentricity were feared and frowned upon he was extraordinarily brave and waaay ahead of his time. Listen to his philosophies here, they are really profound and like the man, expressed with great style! A wonderful human being, I love his books they are such a treat to read he really warms my heart with his honesty and good humour.
@@glamdolly30 Yes, and his intellect was extraordinary!
Love the violet hair colouring !
What a dignified gentleman!
"I never came out; I was never in." I've honestly said that for years about my own sexuality/gender identity, without ever having heard this interview before. Wonderful to know I've been accidentally doing something right!
This man is wonderful, endlessly quotable and very brave.